Lime-speck pug

Lime-speck pug
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eupithecia
Species:	E. centaureata
Binomial name
	Eupithecia centaureata; (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
	Geometra centaureata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 ; Phaleana signata Scopoli, 1763 ; Geometra oblonga Thunberg, 1784 ; Eupithecia oblongata ; Phaleana boloniensis Fourcroy, 1785 ; Eupithecia oblongata var. centralisata Staudinger, 1892 ; Eupithecia oblongata f. obscura Dietze, 1910 ; Eupithecia centaureata dsharkendi Vojnits, 1977 ; Eupithecia chinae Vojnits, 1977 ; Eupithecia dagestani Vojnits, 1977 ;

The lime-speck pug (Eupithecia centaureata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species throughout the Palearctic region (where it is found in Europe, Central Asia, Mongolia, southern Siberia, eastern China (Guangdong) and Taiwan), the Near East and North Africa.