Eupithecia virgaureata Doubleday, 1861

golden-rod pug

on dicotyledons

parasite

Larvae freely on the flowers.

host plants

polyphagous

Achillea millefolium; Angelica sylvestris; Anthriscus sylvestris; Artemisia campestris, vulgaris; Calluna vulgaris; Centaurea; Chaerophyllum; Cirsium arvense, palustre; Clematis vitalba; Crataegus monogyna; Erigeron annuus; Eupatorium cannabinum; Heracleum sphondylium; Inula conyzae; Jacobaea erucifolia, vulgaris; Knautia; Parnassia palustris; Pastinaca sativa; Phacelia tanacetifolia; Picris hieracioides; Pimpinella saxifraga; Rhamnus cathartica; Senecio nemorensis, ovatus; ? Silene dioica; Solidago canadensis, gigantea, virgaurea.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

references

Adolph, Kortstock, Niehoff & Schweitzer (2019a), Chiocchio, Grassi, Iuli, ao (2008a), Ebert (ed., 2003a), Goergens (1991a), Lepiforum (2021), Weigt 1993a), Wirooks & Theissen (1999a).