Species Details

ABH: 70.181

BF: 1821

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia valerianata

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Valerian Pug

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in fens, marshes, damp woodland and other damp areas throughout much of the British Isles, but inconspicuous and perhaps overlooked Similar to Slender Pug E. tenuiata and Lead-coloured Pug E. plumbeolata. Sometimes found as a larva, if sought in the flowerheads of the foodplant. Larva feeds on flowers and seeds of Common Valerian, 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: 15 — 18 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Jun (1948) — 25 Jun (1954)

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

Foodplant: Valeriana officinalis (Common Valerian).

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-valerianata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1948

Latest Year: 1956

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