Species Details

ABH: 70.129

BF: 1863

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Anticollix sparsata

Authority: (Treitschke, 1828)

Vernacular: Dentated Pug

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in damp woodland, fens and marshes, in isolated colonies from Somerset to Yorkshire More likely to be confused with Brown Scallop Philereme vetulata than any of the other pug species. Larva feeds on flowers and leaves of Yellow Loosestrife, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 20 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 25 May (1952) — 25 Jul (1956)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Lysimachia vulgaris (Yellow Loosestrife).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/anticollix-sparsata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 21

Individuals: 74

Earliest Year: 1917

Latest Year: 2013

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