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Calliclystis; excluding Pasiphila Meyrick.
Adults. Antennae of males simple; shortly simply-ciliate. Face rough.
Wingspan 18–22 mm. The outer margin of the forewing convexly curved. Forewings predominantly green when fresh; dull green, striated darker; the second fascia blackish on the dorsum, the median band anteriorly angulated and partially blackish, posteriorly twice-angulated and blacker in the upper half, the upper angle constituting a characteristic black ‘V’; with a clear discal mark (this dark, but submerged in the blackening of the median band in its vicinity). Hindwings plain; pale grey, with obscurely darker striae; without a clear discal mark; transversely lined (the several darker lines faint).
Vein 10 of the forewings arising independently of 9; arising out of 11 and anastomosing with 9 to form a simple areole. Hindwings exhibiting a tubular vein 5. Vein 5 of the hindwings arising from about the middle of the transverse vein, or arising from below the middle of the transverse vein (?). Vein 8 of the hindwings approximated to or anastomosed with the upper margin of the cell to the middle or beyond. Hindwing veins 6 and 7 stalked.
Posterior tibiae of males 4-spurred.
The abdomen conspicuously patterned (with black basal and sub-basal rings).
Early stages. Larvae feeding on flowers of Clematis, various Compositae, etc. (polyphagous).
British representation. 1 species; South-east England, Central-southern England, South-west England, English Midlands, Northern England, Southern Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Living adults found May, June, and July. C. v-ata (The V-pug).
Subfamily. Larentiinae.
Illustrations. • C. v-ata (V-pug), with Eupithecia, Pasiphila and Anticollix: Newman. 1, Eupithecia inturbata (Maple Pug); 2, E. haworthiata (Haworth's Pug); 3. E. plumbeolata (Lead-coloured Pug); 4, E. linariata (Toadflax Pug); 5, E. pulchellata (Foxglove Pug); E. irriguata (Marbled Pug); 7, E. exiguata (Mottled Pug); 8, E. insigniata (Pinion-spotted Pug); 9, E. pygmaeata (Marsh Pug); 10, E. venosata venosata (Netted Pug); 11, E. trisignaria (Triple-spotted Pug); 12, E. cauchiata (Guenee's Pug); 13, E. abietaria (Cloaked Pug); 14, E. expallidata (Bleached Pug); 15, E. subfuscata (Grey Pug); 16, E. subumbrata (Shaded Pug); 17, E. simpliciata (Plain Pug); 18, E. virgaureata (Golden-rod Pug); 19, E. abbreviata (Brindled Pug); 20, E. pusillata pusillata (Juniper Pug); 21, E. centaureata (Lime-speck Pug); 22, Chloroclystis v-ata (V-Pug); 23, Anticollix sparsata (Dentated Pug). From Newman (1869). • Pasiphila debiliata, Pasiphila rectangulata, C. v-ata. 1, Chloroclystis v-ata (V-Pug); 2a-b, P. debiliata (Bilberry Pug); 3a-c, P. rectangulata (Green Pug). Adapted from Swain (1961).
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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. Insects of Britain and Ireland: the genera of Lepidoptera-Geometridae. Version: 14th February 2021. delta-intkey.com’.
