''Eupithecia irriguata'', the marbled pug, is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

and

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

. The

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is 18–20 mm and the moths fly from April to June, depending on the location. The larvae feed on the leaves of oak (''

Quercus An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably '' ...

'' species).

Subspecies

*''Eupithecia irriguata irriguata'' *''Eupithecia irriguata eriguata'' Staudinger, 1871 *''Eupithecia irriguata kurdica'' Prout 1938 *''Eupithecia irriguata staudingeri'' Bohatsch, 1893

References

External links

Marbled pug on UKmothsLepiforum.de
irriguata Moths described in 1813 Moths of Africa Moths of Europe Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Eupithecia-stub