Eupithecia abietaria
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The Cloaked Pug is a moth
of the family Geometridae
. The species can be found in Europe
, east to Siberia
.
The wingspan
is 21–23 mm. The moths flies from June to July depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Picea abies, Picea sitchensis and Abies procera.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the family Geometridae
Geometer moth
The geometer moths or Geometridae are a family of the order Lepidoptera...
. The species can be found in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, east to Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 21–23 mm. The moths flies from June to July depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Picea abies, Picea sitchensis and Abies procera.
Subspecies
There are two regognised subspecies:- Eupithecia abietaria abietaria
- Eupithecia abietaria debrunneata