70.160 Eupithecia tripunctaria (White-spotted Pug)
fw: 10-12mm; bivoltine May-Jun, Jul-Sep; 1st gen elder (Sambucus nigra), 2nd gen angelica (Angelica archangelica); local in England, Wales and lowland Scotland
Eupithecia tripunctaria (White-spotted Pug) §1
ID: Well-marked specimens should be identifiable from the white spots at tornus of both forewing and hindwing, at posterior margin of thorax and a pair on dorsum of abdominal S3(?). However not all these spots are always discernable. The melanic form angelicata is brownish-black and lacks all the white spots - it cannot be distiguished from other melanics without genital dissection.
§1 Aberfoyle, Perthshire; 19/08/2008
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 25/07/2014; female; fw 10.7mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 04/08/2015; female; to light
§4 Cranwich Heath, Norfolk; 15/05/2017; male; fw 9.6mm; to light
§5 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 03/09/2022
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 25/07/2014; female; fw 10.7mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 04/08/2015; female; to light
§4 Cranwich Heath, Norfolk; 15/05/2017; male; fw 9.6mm; to light
§5 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 03/09/2022
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 16/11/2013 (§1) | §2 added 08/08/2014 | §3 added 14/01/2016 | §4 added 26/09/2017 | §5 added 01/12/2022
