Species Details

ABH: 70.149

BF: 1815

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia abietaria

Authority: (Goeze, 1781)

Vernacular: Cloaked Pug

Account: Uncommon, in coniferous woodland and plantations, in northern England and mid-Wales, with a thin scattering of records elsewhere Large size and prominent discal spot make this a fairly distinctive pug. Larva feeds within young shoots of various coniferous trees, including Norway Spruce, Sitka Spruce, European Silver-fir and Noble Fir, 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 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 Jun (1957) — 8 Jul (1952)

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

Foodplant: Abies procera (Noble Fir), Picea abies (Norway Spruce), Picea sitchensis (Sitka Spruce).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/eupithecia-abietaria/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 6

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 1952

Latest Year: 2001

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