Ochreous Pug - Eupithecia indigata
Wingspan 15 to18 mm. This species often looks distinctly greyish, rather than ochreous, and has a distinctive resting aspect (among the pugs), with the wings held slightly below the horizontal.
It is a species of coniferous woodland.
Flies early in the year, during April and May.
The caterpillars feed on the young shoots or buds of Scots Pine or Larch.
Distributed widely throughout most of the British Isles. In a recent survey to determine the status of all macro moths in Britain this species was classified as common.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = C (very scarce resident or rare migrant).
Mark Skevington
Enderby Quarry
30 May 2004
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
07 May 2023
egaten
Thurlaston garden
17 May 2023
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
17 May 2022
Confirmed by gen det
andrew johnson
Dadlington garden
06 May 2014
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Species profile
- Common names
- Ochreous Pug
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Geometridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 45
- First record:
- 30/05/2004 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 18/05/2023 (Skidmore, Paul)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
15 May 2014
