Species Details

ABH: 70.166

BF: 1842

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia simpliciata

Authority: (Haworth, 1809)

Vernacular: Plain Pug

Account: Local on sea cliffs, saltmarshes, waste ground and other open areas throughout much of England and Wales, predominantly coastal Sandy-grey with a distinctive, undulating, white subterminal fascia. Larva feeds on shoots of Goosefoot and Orache, 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: 21 — 23 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 26 Jun (1996) — 26 Aug (2007)

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

Foodplant: Atriplex sp., Chenopodium sp.

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-simpliciata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 122

Individuals: 49

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 2025

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