182 Eupithecia assimilata (Currant Pug)

GEOMETRIDAE | Larentiinae | Eupitheciini

70.182 Eupithecia assimilata (Currant Pug)

fw: 9-12mm; bivoltine in south May-Jun, Aug, univoltine in north Jun-Jul; hop (Humulus lupulus), blackcurrant / redcurrant (Ribes nigrum/rubrum); common in lowland areas throughout Britain.

Eupithecia assimillata (Currant Pug) §1 female

ID: forewing unbanded reddish-brown with conspicuous black spots on costa; conspicuous elongate black central spot; very conspicuous white tornal spot. E.asbsinthiata (Wormwood Pug) shows a similar forewing pattern; it averages larger (fw 11-13mm); has a more elongate, less rounded forewing, with a less prominent white tornal spot. E.tripunctaria (White-spotted Pug) is greyer and more banded with cross-lines and it usually shows a distinctive pattern of white spots on the forewing, hindwing, thorax and abdomen. E.trisignaria (Triple-spotted Pug) lacks a white tornal spot. E.expallidata (Bleached Pug) is larger (fw 12-13mm) and paler and has a weak pale tornal spot.

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§1 Kinlochleven, Perthshire; 05/07/2011; female; fw 9.9mm
§2 Rett, Norfolk; 21/08/2011; male; fw 9.6mm
§3 Strumpshaw, Norfolk; 22/08/2012; male
§4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 10/08/2013
§5 St Lawrence, Isle of Wight; 01/06/2014; female; fw 10.4mm
§6 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 09/06/2017; male; fw 9.5mm
§7 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 12/06/2017; male; fw 9.9mm
§8 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; 23/08/2022; female; fw 8.8mm
§9 Loch Fyne, Argyll; 30/07/2022; female; fw 9.9mm
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