Species Details

ABH: 70.174

BF: 1820

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia insigniata

Authority: (Hübner, 1790)

Vernacular: Pinion-spotted Pug

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) along woodland edges and sunken lanes, in central and southern England, with records north to Yorkshire Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on Hawthorn, Crab Apple and Apple, 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: 18 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 25 May (1881) — 25 May (1881)

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp., Malus sp. (an apple).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

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

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1881

Latest Year: 1881

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