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Genus Pasiphila

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References

GREEN PUG Chloroclystis rectangulata - Pasiphila rectangulata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Larentiinae

Tribe Eupitheciini

Genus Pasiphila

Numbers

1 species in North America listed at All-Leps

Size

wingspan 17-21 mm

Identification

Adult: head, thorax, abdomen mostly green; wings green when fresh, fading to yellowish-brown; multiple wavy or scalloped lines cross the forewing and extend onto hindwing; median slightly darker and more brownish, demarcated on either side by wavy double lines of green; scalloped single green line in subterminal area; green streak connects double PM line and ST line near apex

[adapted from description by Lynn Scott]

Larva: head brown, tiny; body yellowish, tapered at both ends, with dull orange dorsal band on each abdominal segment

Range

northeastern United States, southeastern Canada, and British Columbia

also occurs throughout Europe

Habitat

woodlots, edges; adults are nocturnal and attracted to light

Season

adults fly from June to August

Food

in Europe, larvae feed on flower buds and flowers of apple, cherry, hawthorn, pear, serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.); diet in North America presumably similar

Remarks

introduced to northeastern North America from Europe around 1970 (Handfield, 1999); introduced to British Columbia at some later date

Print References

Handfield, Louis. 1999. Les Guide Des Papillons Du Quebec. 662 pp. Broquet.

Internet References

live adult images by various photographers (Moth Photographers Group)

live adult images plus origin, description, foodplants, flight season (Lynn Scott, Ontario)

live adult images plus foodplants, flight season, Old World distribution (Christopher Jonko, European Butterflies)

pinned adult and live larva images (Swedish Museum of Natural History)

pinned adult image (CBIF)

distribution in Canada list of provinces (CBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 June, 2006 - 10:41pm

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