Eupithecia exiguata (Hübner, [1813])
(Mottled Pug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEupithecia exiguata (Mottled Pug)
GenusEupithecia (pugs)
TribeEupitheciini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyLARENTIINAE (a subfamily of geometrid moths)
FamilyGEOMETRIDAE (geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers)
SuperfamilyGEOMETROIDEA (butterfly moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Eupithecia exiguata (Mottled Pug) :
1: Eupithecia exiguata (Mottled Pug)
2 May 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
at fluorescent light sheet
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged - natural background
2: Eupithecia exiguata (Mottled Pug)
28 Sep 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Larva, beaten from Oak . Photos: larva, close-ups
Image 1: Larva - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Larva - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 3: Larva - fore-parts - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 4: Larva - fore-parts - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 5: Larva - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 6: Larva - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Larva - lateral view - enlargedImage 8: Larva - lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 9: Larva - mid segments - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 10: Larva - tail end - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 11: Larva - tail end - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 12: Larva - tail end - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 13: Larva - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 14: Larva - ventral view - highly enlarged (2)

Eupithecia exiguata (Mottled Pug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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