Eupithecia extensaria

Eupithecia extensaria, the scarce pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1844. It is found in the British Isles (rare, and confined to eastern saltmarshes), Spain and eastern Europe.^[2]

Eupithecia extensaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. extensaria
Binomial name
Eupithecia extensaria (Freyer, 1844)[1]
Synonyms
Acidalia extensaria Freyer, 1844 Eupithecia sydyi Staudinger, 1885 Larentia prolongata Lienig, 1846 Eupithecia prolongata Dietze, 1910

The wingspan is 21–25 mm.^[3] The moth flies in both May and June.

The larvae feed on sea wormwood (Artemisia maritima).^[3][4]

Subspecies

• Eupithecia extensaria extensaria
• Eupithecia extensaria leuca Dietze, 1910
• Eupithecia extensaria occidua Prout, 1914