Slender pug

Eupithecia tenuiata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eupithecia
Species:
E. tenuiata
Binomial name
Eupithecia tenuiata
(Hübner, 1813)[1]
Synonyms
  • Geometra tenuiata Hubner, 1813
  • Eupithecia macellata Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1827

The slender pug (Eupithecia tenuiata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813 and is found throughout Europe and western parts of the Palearctic. The larva feeds on the catkins of willow (Salix species).

  1. ^ "Eupithecia tenuiata (Hübner, 1813)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 13 January 2019.