Species Details

ABH: 70.158

BF: 1854

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia pusillata

=Eupithecia pusillata anglicata

=Eupithecia pusillata pusillata

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Juniper Pug

Account: Common on moorland and calcareous grassland on native forms of the foodplant, and gardens and parks on cultivated forms throughout much of the British Isles Shows a distinctive pale patch distad of the discal spot, and flies early in the year. Larva feeds on Juniper, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 17 — 21 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jul (1961) — 8 Sep (1986)

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

Foodplant: Chamaecyparis sp., Juniperus sp., Thuja sp.

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

Status: Vulnerable (VU)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 104

Individuals: 40

Earliest Year: 1895

Latest Year: 2021

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