Eupithecia trisignaria
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The Triple-spotted Pug (Eupithecia trisignaria) is a moth
of the Geometridae
family. It is found from Europe
to Siberia
.
The wingspan
is about 20 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on various Apiaceae
species, including Angelica
and Heracleum
species. Larvae can be found from August to October. It overwinters as a pupa.
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 Geometridae
Geometer moth
The geometer moths or Geometridae are a family of the order Lepidoptera...
family. It is found from 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...
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 about 20 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on various Apiaceae
Apiaceae
The Apiaceae , commonly known as carrot or parsley family, is a group of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems. The family is large, with more than 3,700 species spread across 434 genera, it is the sixteenth largest family of flowering plants...
species, including Angelica
Angelica
Angelica is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far North as Iceland and Lapland...
and Heracleum
Heracleum
Heracleum may mean*The plant genus Heracleum*An alternative spelling of Heraklion, the capital of Crete in Greece*A now-submerged part of ancient Alexandria in Egypt...
species. Larvae can be found from August to October. It overwinters as a pupa.