Species Details

ABH: 70.143

BF: 1859

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Pasiphila chloerata

Authority: (Mabille, 1870)

Vernacular: Sloe Pug

Account: Common in mature hedgerows, scrub and woodland edges throughout much of England Similar to Green Pug P. rectangulata, but that species has postmedian line strongly toothed near costa, and Sloe Pug usually has salmon-pink (black in Green Pug) band at base of abdomen. Larva feeds on flowers of Blackthorn, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 17 — 19 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 4 Jun (2008) — 22 Jul (1984)

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

Foodplant:

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/pasiphila-chloerata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 80

Individuals: 63

Earliest Year: 1971

Latest Year: 2019

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