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{{short description|Species of moth}}
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| name = ''Gymnoscelis rufifasciata''<br>Double-striped Pug▼
| image = Gymnoscelis rufifasciata01.jpg
| authority = ([[Adrian Hardy Haworth|Haworth]], 1809)<ref>{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82853670 |title=''Gymnoscelis rufifasciata'' (Haworth 1809) |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324232521/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82853670 |archive-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref>
| synonyms = {{collapsible list|
*''Phalaena rufifasciata'' <small>Haworth, 1809</small>
*''Phalaena bistrigata'' <small>Haworth, 1809</small>
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*''Larentia improbata'' <small>Lienig & Zeller, 1846</small>
*''Eupithecia incertata'' <small>Milliere, 1876</small>
*''Eupithecia parvularia'' <small>Herrich-
*''Geometra pumilata'' <small>Hubner, 1813</small>
*''Eupithecia recictaria'' <small>Boisduval, 1840</small>
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*''Tephroclystia schulzi'' <small>Rebel, 1914</small>
*''Gymnoscelis schulzi''
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The '''Double-striped Pug''' ''(Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)'' is a [[moth]] of the family [[Geometridae]]. It is a widespread and common species, being found throughout the [[Palearctic]] region, the [[Near East]] and North [[Africa]].▼
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This is a variable species but always easy to recognize due to the two prominent dark [[fascia]] across each forewing which give the species its common name. The hindwings are pale grey with darker fringes and a small black discal spot. The [[wingspan]] is 15–19 mm. Two, sometimes three, broods are produced each year and the adults are on the wing in April and May (sometimes earlier), July and August, and sometimes later in the autumn. It flies at night and is attracted to light and [[flower]]s, both of its food [[plant]]s and others.▼
This is a variable species but always easy to recognize due to the two prominent dark [[fascia]] across each forewing which give the species its common name. The forewing ground colour ranges from light to dark reddish brown. The crosslines are distinct. The inner margin of the pale white sub-marginal line bears black marks. The hindwings are pale grey with darker fringes, darker lines and a small black discal spot. There is a dark band across the basal segments of the abdomen. The [[wingspan]] is 15–19 mm.
The [[larva]] feeds on the flowers of a huge range of plants (see list below) and has also been known to feed on the larvae of other [[Lepidoptera]]. The species overwinters as a [[pupa]].▼
[[File:Gymnoscelis rufifasciata in Schwetzingen.jpg|left|thumb]]
The caterpillars reach a length of up to 17 millimeters and have a very variable basic colouration. It ranges from whitish to yellowish green, brown, red to purple. On the back there is a pale band marked with a series of dark diamonds or triangles. The drawing resembles a rear-facing trident, is sometimes crow-foot-like and can occasionally be only weakly formed. The head is yellowish brown.
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== Recorded food plants ==▼
▲The [[larva]] feeds on the flowers of a huge range of plants (see list below) and has also been known to feed on the larvae of other [[
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*''Cynara'' - [[
*''Cytisus'' - [[
*''[[Dianthus]]''
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*''Epilobium'' - [[
*''Ilex'' - [[
*''Ipomoea'' - [[
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*''Zea'' - [[maize]]
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==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last=Chinery |first=Michael |title=Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe |orig-year=1986
*{{cite book|last=Skinner |first=Bernard |title=Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles |year=1984 |pages=65, 89 |publisher= Apollo Books |isbn=87-88757-90-0 |url=
==External links==
* [http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Gymnoscelis_Rufifasciata ''Lepiforum e.V.'']
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[[Category:Moths of Asia]]
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