Lime-speck pug
Eupithecia centaureata
The lime-speck pug is a small moth with almost all-white wings. On the front edge of each front wing it has one black blotch. It flies at night and loves flowers full of nectar.
Lives in
Europe, Central Asia, Siberia, China, Taiwan, the Near East and North Africa
Wingspan
2 to 2.4 cm (0.79 to 0.94 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Grown-ups visit nectar-rich flowers. Its caterpillars eat the flowers of many plants.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 4 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 34 seconds
How big is Lime-speck pug compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Lime-speck pug about 11 km/h (6.8 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its caterpillar is long and thin, often green or yellow with red markings.
2
It spends the winter as a pupa.
3
There are often two families in one year, so you can see it all summer and autumn.
4
Some, mainly in Asia, have smoky grey wings instead of white.
you asked
Most asked questions about Lime-speck pug
?What does the lime-speck pug caterpillar eat?
The flowers of many different plants.
?How big is the lime-speck pug?
With its wings spread it is about 2 to 2.5 centimetres wide.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Eupithecia centaureata
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, Africa
Where the facts come from
- Lime-speck 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 Ben Sale from UK. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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