Species Details

ABH: 70.165

BF: 1845

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia pimpinellata

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Pimpinel Pug

Account: Local on calcareous grassland, downland, quarries, roadside verges and woodland rides throughout much of England Could be overlooked as Freyer's Pug E. intricata, which also has a dark band at the base of the abdomen, but Pimpinel Pug has larger discal spot and is distinctly grey along the costa. May be overlooked at light, and more reliably recorded in the larval stage, when larvae are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva feeds on seed capsules of Burnet-saxifrage, 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: 20 — 23 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 28 Jun (1992) — 17 Aug (1978)

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

Foodplant: Pimpinella saxifraga (Burnet-saxifrage).

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-pimpinellata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 22

Individuals: 4

Earliest Year: 1934

Latest Year: 1993

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