Species Details

ABH: 70.185

BF: 1836

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia denotata

=Eupithecia denotata denotata

=Eupithecia denotata jasioneata

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Campanula Pug

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) on woodland margins, hedgerows, scrubby grassland and gardens in southern England. Also occurs on dry grassland, heaths and clifftops, along the coasts of south-western England and western Wales (ssp. jasioneata, known proverbially as Jasione Pug) Can be confused with Wormwood Pug E. absinthiata, but Wormwood Pug is redder with more distinct costal streaks. Larva feeds on seed capsules of Nettle-leaved Bellflower and Giant Bellflower (Campanula Pug), and Sheep's-bit (Jasione Pug) 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: 19 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Jul (2009) — 23 Jul (1978)

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

Foodplant: Campanula latifolia (Giant Bellflower), Campanula trachelium (Nettle-leaved Bellflower), Jasione montana (Sheep's-bit).

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/eupithecia-denotata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 17

Individuals: 16

Earliest Year: 1897

Latest Year: 2009

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