Juniper pug

Juniper pug
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. pusillata
Binomial name
	Eupithecia pusillata; (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
	Geometra pusillata Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775; Eupithecia quebecata Taylor, 1910; Eupithecia anglicata Herrich-Schaffer, 1863; Eupithecia expressaria Herrich-Schaffer, 1848; Eupithecia latoniata Milliere, 1882; Eupithecia scotica Dietze, 1910; Eupithecia sobrinaria Boisduval, 1840; Geometra sobrinata Hubner, 1817; Eupithecia stevensata Webb, 1896; Eupithecia masuii Inoue, 1980;

The juniper pug or juniper looper (Eupithecia pusillata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic and Nearctic regions and the Near East.

Subspecies interruptofasciata is sometimes treated as a valid species Eupithecia interruptofasciata.

The forewings are greyish brown with two distinctive black bands. The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The adults fly at night from July to September ^[1] and are attracted to light.

In the Old World the larva feeds on juniperus (juniper) and also on some other conifers in the cypress family such as Chamaecyparis and Thuja. In the New World there is a greater range of recorded food plants including apple, clover, raspberry, redcurrant, strawberry, sunflower and willow as well as juniper. The species overwinters as an egg.

^ The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.

Subspecies

Eupithecia pusillata pusillata
Eupithecia pusillata interruptofasciata Packard, 1873 (eastern United States and Canada)
Eupithecia pusillata kashmirica Mironov & Ratzel, 2008 (Pakistan)
Eupithecia pusillata scoriata Staudinger, 1857

References

^ Taxapad
^ Mironov, V.G. ,A.C. Galsworthy & U. Ratzel, 2008, A survey of the Eupithecia fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of the Western Himalayas: Part 2, Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 59 (2): 117-143.

Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
Skinner, Bernard Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984

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[1] Taxapad

[2] Mironov, V.G. ,A.C. Galsworthy & U. Ratzel, 2008, A survey of the Eupithecia fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of the Western Himalayas: Part 2, Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 59 (2): 117-143.

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