Species Details

ABH: 70.147

BF: 1811

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia tenuiata

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Slender Pug

Account: Common in damp woodland, scrub, fens, sand-dunes, marshes, gravel pits and gardens throughout the British Isles; fairly common and well distributed in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 14-16 mm. A fairly small, plain brown pug with a prominent, roundish, black central spot, most likely to be confused with Maple Pug E. inturbata, which is paler, more ochreous and has three dark patches along the termen. Larva feeds within catkins of Goat Willow, Grey Willow and Eared Willow, 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: 14 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 31 May (2012) — 30 Jul (1987)

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

Foodplant: Salix sp. (a sallow).

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-tenuiata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 132

Individuals: 26

Earliest Year: 1952

Latest Year: 2023

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