Eupithecia ultimaria

Eupithecia ultimaria, the Channel Islands pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. It can be found in Europe, where it is found in Portugal and Spain, coastal western and southern France, Italy, the Mediterranean islands including Cyprus and Greece. It is also found in southern England and the Channel Islands. Furthermore, it is present in North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt), Lebanon, Israel, Iraq and Iran.^[2]

Eupithecia ultimaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. ultimaria
Binomial name
Eupithecia ultimaria Boisduval, 1840[1]
Synonyms
Tephroclystia tornifascia Rothschild, 1913 Eupithecia golearia Lucas, 1940

The wingspan is 13–17 mm. Adults are on wing from late April to June and again from August to late October in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Tamarix gallica.