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Eupithecia absinthiata (Clerck, 1759)
Wormwood and Ling Pug
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Classification:

  • Phylum Arthropoda
  • Class Insecta
  • Order LEPIDOPTERA
  • Suborder
  • Superfamily GEOMETROIDEA
  • Family GEOMETRIDAE
  • Subfamily LARENTIINAE
  • Genus Eupithecia

Eupithecia absinthiata
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CITATION
Bond, K.G.M., Nash, R. & O’Connor, J.P. 2006. An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) , The Irish Biogeograghical Society and the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.
http://www.habitas.org.uk/InvertebrateIreland/species.asp?item=9362
IRISH STATUS
See Explanatory Text
Accepted
NORTHERN IRELAND
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
RecordedRecorded
STATUS OF NAME
Current name
VALIDATING LITERATURE
Bond, K.G.M., Nash, R., O'Connor, J.P. 2006, An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) , The Irish Biogeographical Society,
LITERATURE FOR IDENTIFICATION
Waring, P. & Townsend, M, 2003, Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland, , British Wildlife Publishing,
Skinner, B, 1998, The Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles, , Viking Press,
Riley, A.M. & Prior, G., 2003, British and Irish pug moths, , Harley Books,
LITERATURE FOR TAXONOMIC CHANGE
LITERATURE FOR ECOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION
Riley, A.M. & Prior, G., 2003, British and Irish pug moths, , Harley Books,
Waring, P. & Townsend, M, 2003, Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland, , British Wildlife Publishing,
LOCATION OF VOUCHER
EXPLANATORY TEXT
Treated as separate species in Leraut but Bradley (2000), regards it as a heathland ecotype of absinthiata Clerck following Riley (1986). Eupithecia minutata Gn. sensu Kane, 1901 is probably minuta sensu Denis & Schiffermüller

CHECKLIST VERSION  2006

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