Species Details

ABH: 70.170

BF: 1818

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia irriguata

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Marbled 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: 8 Apr (1961) — 4 Jun (1972)

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

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

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-irriguata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 7

Individuals: 37

Earliest Year: 1960

Latest Year: 1972

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