Eupithecia sinuosaria
Goosefoot Pug ( Eupithecia sinuosaria )
The Goosefoot Pug ( Eupithecia sinuosaria ), also known as Log - Pug is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the tensioner ( Geometridae ).
- 6.1 Notes and references
- 6.2 Literature
Features
Butterfly
The wingspan of the butterfly is 15 to 20 millimeters. The narrow front wings have a light brown color with a dark brown, on the Costa wide early, extending across the entire wing and tapered toward the inner edge binding. In the outer Saumfeld there is a deep brown dark field, which extends to the tip. Through this very characteristic drawings, the species is well distinguished from other flowers tensioners. The hind wings are almost without markings solid light gray.
Egg, caterpillar, pupa
The egg is initially yolk yellow, oblong and oval, then brown, gray. The caterpillar is usually colored pale green and has at the after door a reddish stain. Sometimes the back and sides are colored burgundy. The pupa is light brown and has greenish elytra. At the cremaster are four shorter and longer hook bristles.
Synonyms
- Tephroclystia sinuosaria
Occurrence
When Goosefoot Pug is originally a Russian- Asian Art Toward the middle of the twentieth century, it appeared increasingly in the east of Germany and quickly spread towards the west and south. This spread is also likely to be related to that in many areas of scree and rubble was after the Second World War, on which geese feet ( Chenopodium ), the main food plant of the caterpillars, spread quickly and lush. Meanwhile, the type colonized large parts of central Europe, is down to earth in Germany in almost all provinces and comes on Ödländereien and dumps in front of partially numerous.
Way of life
The caterpillars feed on the flowers of the goose feet ( Chenopodium ) and the Report ( Atriplex ). They occur in July and August. The pupae overwinter. The nocturnal moths that visit and artificial light sources, fly from early June to early August.
Endangering
In Germany, the species occurs in almost all provinces and is not an acute danger.