Species Details

ABH: 70.183

BF: 1834

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia vulgata

=Eupithecia vulgata clarensis

=Eupithecia vulgata scotica

=Eupithecia vulgata vulgata

Authority: (Haworth, 1809)

Vernacular: Common Pug

Account: Common in gardens, hedgerows, scrub, fens, heathland and woodland throughout lowland Britain. Rather nondescript, with inconspicuous or absent central spot and weak cross-lines; pale subterminal line on forewing and pale tornal spot on hindwing the most conspicuous features. Larva feeds on various deciduous tree and shrubs, including Hawthorn, Sallow and Bramble, and herbaceous plants such as Common Ragwort, Yarrow and Hogweed, 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: 18 — 21 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Apr (2015) — 9 Jul (1974)

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp., Salix sp. (a sallow), Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry).

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-vulgata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 634

Individuals: 458

Earliest Year: 1901

Latest Year: 2025

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