Tawny Speckled Pug - Eupithecia icterata

Wingspan 20 to 23 mm. One of our largest Eupithecia species. Typically the moth shows the fairly plain, two-tone reddish and brown appearance of the subspecies fulvata but in northern parts a more variegated race cognata occurs.

Areas where the food plants are found.

July and August is the main flight time for this usually single-brooded species.

The foodplants are Yarrow and Sneezewort, the caterpillars eating the flowers as well as the leaves.

Occurring widely and often commonly throughout most of Britain. 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).