Species Details

ABH: 70.160

BF: 1835

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia tripunctaria

Authority: Herrich-Schäffer, 1852

Vernacular: White-spotted 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: 5 Apr (1989) — 16 Sep (2007)

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

Foodplant: Angelica sylvestris (Wild Angelica), Heracleum sphondylum., Sambucus nigra (Elder).

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

Status: Near Threatened (NT)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 419

Individuals: 100

Earliest Year: 1902

Latest Year: 2025

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