Brindled Pug - Eupithecia abbreviata
Wingspan 19 to 22 mm. Like several other species, in addition to the typical form there is a fairly common melanic form, hirschkei, which is devoid of many markings.
It inhabits deciduous woodland.
An early spring species, and one of the first pugs of the season to be regularly encountered, it flies in one generation in April and May.
The larvae feed on Oak and Hawthorn.
Fairly common in much of Britain, except the far north of Scotland. In a recent survey to determine the status of all macro moths in Britain this species was classified as common.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = A (common and resident).
Mark Skevington
Pickworth Great Wood
19 March 2005
David Nicholls
Groby Pool
21 April 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
18 April 2020
Confirmed by gen det
Karaokeking19
Broughton Astley Garden
28 March 2022
Craig Mabbett
Broughton Astley Garden
25 September 2017
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Species profile
- Common names
- Brindled Pug
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Geometridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 114
- First record:
- 11/04/2004 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 12/04/2024 (Graves, Hazel)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
15 April 2011
Craig Mabbett
Broughton Astley Garden
01 May 2017
egaten
Thurlaston garden
20 April 2019
