Species Details

ABH: 70.187

BF: 1838

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia icterata

=Eupithecia icterata cognata

=Eupithecia icterata subfulvata

Authority: (Villers, 1789)

Vernacular: Tawny Speckled Pug

Account: Common in gardens, hedgerows, roadside verges, grassland, fens and open woodland throughout the British Isles. Nominate form simple to identify with large copper-coloured patch, form cognata, more common in northern populations, has much reduced copper-coloured patch and several cross-lines. Larva feeds on Yarrow and Sneezewort, 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: 3 Jul (2017) — 17 Sep (1992)

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

Foodplant: Achillea millefolium (Yarrow), Achillea ptarmica (Sneezewort).

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

Status: Near Threatened (NT)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/eupithecia-icterata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 400

Individuals: 175

Earliest Year: 1903

Latest Year: 2024

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