The Toadflax Pug is a moth

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

 of the family Geometridae

Geometer moth

The geometer moths or Geometridae are a family of the order Lepidoptera...

. The species can be found in Europe

Europe

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 and from Anatolia

Anatolia

Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...

 to Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....

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The wingspan

Wingspan

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 is 11–16 mm. The moth flies from April to October depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Linaria vulgaris

Linaria vulgaris

Linaria vulgaris is a species of toadflax , native to most of Europe and northern Asia, from the United Kingdom south to Spain in the west, and east to eastern Siberia and western China...

and cultivated Antirrhinum

Antirrhinum

Antirrhinum is a genus of plants commonly known as snapdragons from the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed...

species. Larvae are found from May to October. It overwinters in the pupal stage.