Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Scientific name Eupithecia venosata | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Eupithecia Rank Species | |
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Similar Eupithecia denotata, Eupithecia satyrata, Eupithecia tripunctaria, Eupithecia trisignaria, Eupithecia innotata | ||
Eupithecia venosata, the netted pug, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found across the Palearctic ecozone from Portugal and Morocco in the west to the Baikal Lake in Siberia and Afghanistan and Pakistan in the east.
The length of the fore-wings is 10–14 mm.The ground colour of the fore and hindwings is brown to creamy white The forewings are large and round. Several light, black-edged, lines and the partly black coloured veins form a characteristic lattice.The hindwings have a similar, but greatly weakened pattern. Very strongly resembles Eupithecia schiefereri and is indistinguishable from this clearly only by means of a genital examination.
The moth flies from April to June depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Silene species, preferably Silene vulgaris, Silene dioica and Silene maritima.