Species Details

ABH: 70.155

BF: 1823

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia venosata

=Eupithecia venosata fumosae

=Eupithecia venosata hebridensis

=Eupithecia venosata ochracae

Authority: (Fabricius, 1787)

Vernacular: Netted Pug

Account: Local in hedgerows, woodland rides, sea cliffs and gardens, mainly in chalk and limestone districts throughout much of the British Isles Unmistakable. Larva feeds on seed capsules of Sea Campion and Bladder Campion, 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 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 May (2011) — 2 Jul (1898)

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

Foodplant: Silene vulgaris (Bladder Campion).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

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

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 96

Individuals: 23

Earliest Year: 1896

Latest Year: 2020

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