Species Details

ABH: 70.180

BF: 1833

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia expallidata

Authority: Doubleday, 1856

Vernacular: Bleached Pug

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 15 Jul (1987) — 23 Aug (1961)

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

Foodplant: Solidago virga-aurea.

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-expallidata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 17

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1918

Latest Year: 2003

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