Species Details

ABH: 70.186

BF: 1841

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia millefoliata

Authority: Rössler, 1866

Vernacular: Yarrow Pug

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in waste ground, sand-dunes, shingle beaches, roadside verges and rough grassland, in south-eastern England, predominantly coastal The most likely confusion species is Grey Pug E. subfuscata, but Yarrow Pug has a less rounded forewing and is less uniformly grey. Larva feeds on flowers and seedheads of Yarrow, 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 — 23 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 Jun (2004) — 9 Aug (1968)

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

Foodplant: Achillea millefolium (Yarrow).

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: 3 — Difficult to identify 🤔🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/eupithecia-millefoliata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 48

Individuals: 19

Earliest Year: 1961

Latest Year: 2018

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