70.168 Eupithecia nanata (Narrow-winged Pug)
fw: 9-12mm; bivoltine Apr-Jun, Jul-Aug;
(heather); common on heath and moor throughout GB.
Eupithecia nanata (Narrow-winged Pug) §2 female
ID: Narrow elongate forewing with well-marked cross-lines; central spot present but not always conspicuous; white patch proximal to central spot; angulate dark and white cross-lines distal to central spot; may rest with forewing costae at ~90 deg to each other or at the ~180 deg typical of most pugs. Ground colour variable, typically whitish but brown in form oliveri.
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
§1 Mull; 26/06/2011; female; fw 10.3mm
§2 Kinlochleven, Perthshire; 09/07/2011; female; fw 9.8mm
§3 Cullardoch, Aberdeenshire; 15/07/2011; male
§4 New Forest, Hampshire; 15/05/2018; female; fw 10.2mm
§5 New Forest, Hampshire; 15/05/2018; male; fw 10.5mm
§6 New Forest, Hampshire; 15/05/2018; male; fw 10.4mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Kinlochleven, Perthshire; 09/07/2011; female; fw 9.8mm
§3 Cullardoch, Aberdeenshire; 15/07/2011; male
§4 New Forest, Hampshire; 15/05/2018; female; fw 10.2mm
§5 New Forest, Hampshire; 15/05/2018; male; fw 10.5mm
§6 New Forest, Hampshire; 15/05/2018; male; fw 10.4mm
All images © Chris Lewis
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