Species Details

ABH: 70.177

BF: 1828

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia satyrata

=Eupithecia satyrata callunaria

=Eupithecia satyrata curzoni

=Eupithecia satyrata satyrata

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Satyr Pug

Account: Common on chalk downland, heathland, fens, open woodland and rough ground throughout much of southern England; also on moorland in Scotland (subspecies callunaria) and Shetland (ssp. curzoni) Larva feeds on Meadowsweet, Common Ragwort, Devil's-bit Scabious, Common Knapweed, Heather and Cross-leaved Heath, 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 — 23 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 Apr (1977) — 5 Jul (2010)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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

Status: Vulnerable (VU)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 24

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1955

Latest Year: 2020

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