Pug

Subject: Unknow Bug
Location: Prescott, AZ 86301
February 20, 2016 12:01 pm
I found this insect on the side of my house and I have no idea where to start for an identification. Thoughts?
Thanks in advanced
Signature: Ed Wright

Pug
Pug

Dear Ed,
Based on this and other images posted to BugGuide, we believe your moth is a Pug, a Geometrid Moth in the genus Eupithecia.  According to BugGuide, they are   “Commonly referred to as pugs because of the short underwings.”

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