Species Details

ABH: 70.163

BF: 1856

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia lariciata

Authority: (Freyer, 1841)

Vernacular: Larch Pug

Account: Common in woodland, plantations and parkland throughout the British Isles. The small, white, raised crest at the distal end of the thorax, round black discal spot, and cross-lines which loop around the discal spot, help to distinguish this large, grey pug from Grey Pug E. subfuscata and Pauper Pug E. egenaria. Larva feeds on European Larch, 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: 19 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 29 May (1968) — 23 Aug (2010)

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

Foodplant: Larix sp. (a larch).

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

Status: Near Threatened (NT)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 60

Individuals: 7

Earliest Year: 1864

Latest Year: 2018

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