Eupithecia innotata
Field Wormwood Pug ( Eupithecia innotata )
The field Wormwood Pug ( Eupithecia innotata ) is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the tensioner ( Geometridae ).
- 6.1 Notes and references
- 6.2 Literature
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 18-25 millimeters. The wings have a brownish gray color and are weakly drawn. The front wings are very stretched and provided with a clear line-shaped focus. A straight bright tie passes through the outer third of the fore wings, this is double jointed below the front edge ( right angle or an acute angle ). Along the Flügelsaumes runs a fine white wave line. The hind wings are slightly lighter in comparison to the front wings.
The type varied both in size and in color and form of the drawing. Melanic moths have darker colored, colored in a sooty tone wings. The transverse bands are indicated, the line-shaped focus is visible.
Similar Species
- Oak Pug Eupithecia abbreviata ( Stephens, 1831)
- Eupithecia ochridata Contactors & Pinker, 1968
Synonyms
According to Mironov (2004):
- Phalaena innotata Hufnagel, 1767
- Phaiaena innotata Thunberg, 1788
- Larentia tamarisciata Freyer, 1836
- Eupithecia suspectata Dietze, 1871
- Eupithecia Alexandriana Wardikjan, 1972
- Eupithecia Sergiana Wardikjan, 1972
- Eupithecia fraxinata Crewe, 1863
Occurrence
The species is widespread in Europe. The exceptions are Iceland, northern Scandinavia, the southern Balkan Peninsula and Crete. Outside of Europe, we find the butterfly in North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia), in Asia Minor, the Caucasus and Transcaucasus, east of the Urals and Kazakhstan and on to the south-western Siberia.
The field Wormwood Pug is encountered in most habitat types, exceptions Moore and spruce forests. The species inhabited in the Pyrenees altitudes from zero to 1,000 meters, in the Apennines you find it to about 1,300 meters, on the Balkan Peninsula to about 1,500 meters in the south of Spain to about 1,800 meters. In the Alps it rises to about 2,000 meters in height.
Way of life
The larvae feed on polyphagous. The caterpillars of the first generation were found, inter alia, on the leaves of the following plants: blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), Crataegus monogyna hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), dog rose (Rosa canina ), olive trees ( Olea ), common ash (Fraxinus excelsior), Myrtenblättriger Gerber shrub ( Coriaria myrtifolia ), elderberry (Sambucus ), German tamarisk ( Myricaria germanica ), Tamarix gallica, sea buckthorn ( Hippophae rhamnoides ). The caterpillars of the second generation feed on the flowers and seeds of field wormwood (Artemisia campestris ), wormwood (Artemisia absinthium ), mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), Artemisia caerulescens, beach wormwood (Artemisia maritima ), Artemisia alba and beach - Sode ( Suaeda maritima ).
At the caterpillars parasitize various parasitic wasps species ( Angitia, Mesochorus brevipetiolatus, Netelia thomsoni, Platylabus pedatorius ), brackish species of wasps ( Apanteles tibialis ), species of the family Pteromalidae ( Habrocytus semotus ), species of the family Encyrtidae ( Litomastix truncatulus, Tyndarichus Scaurus ) and Asilidae species ( Blondelia nigripes, Phryxe vulgaris).
Flight times and caterpillars
The field Wormwood Pug forms two generations a year, flying from mid-April to late June and from mid-July to early September. The caterpillars are from mid-June to early July (first generation) and from September to October ( second generation) to be found. The pupae of the second generation overwinter and may partially be a few years.