Pasiphila debiliata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pasiphila |
| Species: | P. debiliata |
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Pasiphila debiliata, the bilberry pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Europe, east to southern Siberia, the Amur region and Japan.[2]
The wingspan is 17–19 millimetres (0.67–0.75 in). The ground colour is a very delicate, evanescent pale green, the crosslines are much weak, strongest on the veins. — ab. nigropunctata Chant, has only the principal lines, these being marked as strong vein-dots. — grisescens Dietze is silvery grey without a tinge of green.[3] Discal spot present.
The larva is light green with scattered, fine, pale bristles.
Adults are on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus.
References
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphila debiliata (Hubner 1817)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ Victor M. Redondo; Javier Gaston; Ramon Gimeno (2009). Martin Corley; Peder Skou (eds.). Geometridae Ibericae (in Spanish). Apollo Books. p. 224. ISBN 978-87-88757-81-1.
- ^ Prout, L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.
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