Species Details

ABH: 70.189

BF: 1840

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia subumbrata

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Shaded Pug

Account: Local on chalk downland, roadside verges, woodland rides, saltmarshes and sea cliffs throughout much of south-eastern England, with isolated colonies north to Yorkshire and North Wales Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on herbaceous plants, 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: 16 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 8 May (1998) — 3 Aug (1958)

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

Foodplant: Crepis sp., Knautia arvensis (Field Scabious), Senecio jacobaea (Common Ragwort).

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: 2 — Care needed to identify, an image may be required 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/eupithecia-subumbrata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 106

Individuals: 7

Earliest Year: 1879

Latest Year: 2020

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