Species Details

ABH: 70.164

BF: 1824

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia egenaria

Authority: Herrich-Schäffer, 1848

Vernacular: Fletcher's Pug or Pauper Pug

Account: A rare Red Data Book species, restricted to mature lime woodland in the Wye Valley, and parts of East Anglia The main confusion species is Larch Pug E. lariciata, which has sharply angulated postmedian fascia and white spot on crest of thorax. Larva feeds on flowers of Small-leaved Lime, 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: 21 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 May (2011) — 19 Jun (2001)

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

Foodplant: Tilia cordata (Small-leaved Lime), Tilia platyphyllos (Large-leaved Lime).

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-egenaria/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 16

Individuals: 13

Earliest Year: 1994

Latest Year: 2020

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