Green pug
Pasiphila rectangulata
The green pug is a small moth with green wings crossed by dark bars. Some are so dark that they look almost black. Its green colour slowly fades as the moth gets older.
Lives in
Europe and Asia from Ireland to Japan, the Near East and North America
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the flowers of apple, cherry, pear, quince, hawthorn and blackthorn.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Green pug about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It flies at night in June and July and is drawn to lights.
2
Its caterpillar is stout and green with a reddish stripe.
3
It spends the winter as an egg.
4
It is common all the way from Ireland to Japan.
you asked
Most asked questions about Green pug
?What does the green pug eat?
Its caterpillars eat the flowers of fruit trees and bushes like apple, cherry and hawthorn.
?Why are some green pugs not green?
The colour varies a lot, some are almost black, and the green also fades over time.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pasiphila rectangulata
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, North America
Where the facts come from
- Green pug (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by William Buckler. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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