Eupithecia assimilata (Doubleday, 1856)

currant pug

on Humulus (? etc.)

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves and inflorescences.

host plants

Cannabaceae, monophagous

Humulus lupulus.

Perhaps rarely (or locally?) also Ribes nigrum (Grossulariaceae).

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

references

Ebert (ed., 2003a), Lepiforum (2021), Van Opstaele (1994a), Weigt (1991a), Wirooks & Theissen (1999a).