''Eupithecia haworthiata'', or Haworth's pug, is a
moth of the family
Geometridae. The species was
first described by
Henry Doubleday in 1856. It can be found in western, south and central Europe,
Asia Minor, the
Caucasus and east across the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
to
Amur. It occurs in the
Alps up to 1800 meters, in the
Apennines
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with plural meaning;''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which wou ...
up to 1400 metres and in the
Balkan
The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...
mountains up to 1500 m above sea level.
The
wingspan is 12–14 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is grey brown. The crosslines are in pairs. A central spot is missing. There is a faint discal stain on the hindwings. The colour of the first abdominal segments is strongly yellow, orange or reddish.
[Prout, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) ''The Macrolepidoptera of the World''. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgar]
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The moths flies from April to August depending on the location.
The caterpillars feed on ''Clematis vitalba
''Clematis vitalba'' (also known as old man's beard and traveller's joy) is a shrub of the family Ranunculaceae.
Description
''Clematis vitalba'' is a climbing shrub with branched, grooved stems, deciduous leaves, and scented greeny-white flo ...
'' and cultivated '' Clematis'' species.The pupa hibernates and often 2 or even 3 winters are passed in this state.
Subspecies
*''Eupithecia haworthiata haworthiata''
*''Eupithecia haworthiata transsylvanaria'' (Dannehl, 1933)
Similar species
*''Eupithecia plumbeolata
''Eupithecia plumbeolata'', the lead-coloured pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found all over Europe ranging to the Urals, then through Central Asia to Siberia and to Sayan mountains, the Altai and the Amur. In ...
''
*''Eupithecia valerianata
''Eupithecia valerianata'', the valerian pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found from Great Britain, through central Europe to western Russia, Belarus and northern Iran. ''
but neither of these have a reddish or yellow tinge to the basal segments of the abdomen.
References
External links
*Kimber, Ia
"70.146 BF1813 Haworth's Pug ''Eupithecia haworthiata'' Doubleday, 1856"
''UKMoths''. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
"''Eupithecia haworthiata'' Doubleday, 1856"
''Fauna Europaea''. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
"08477 ''Eupithecia haworthiata'' Doubleday, 1856 - Waldreben-Blütenspanner"
''Lepiforum e.V.'' Retrieved April 29, 2019.
"Bosrankdwergspanner ''Eupithecia haworthiata''"
''De Vlinderstichting''. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
Moths described in 1856
haworthiata
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
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