70.183 Eupithecia vulgata (Common Pug)
fw: 10-12mm; bivoltine May-Jun, Aug (univoltine in Scotland (May-Jul); a wide range of trees and plants; common - ssp vulgata in England, Wales and lowland Scotland, ssp scotica in Scotland
Eupithecia vulgata vulgata (Common Pug) §3 male
ID: Costa curved; central spot small, sometimes absent; whitish subterminal line and tornal spot; cross-lines angled near costa; black streaks along sides of abdomen. Form vulgata is grey, tawny or reddish-brown, darker along costa and with cross-lines of variable strength. Form atropicta is dark brown with weak cross-lines. Ssp scotica is (often) grey with strong cross-lines.
§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 14/05/2008; fw 11.2mm
§2 Cyffdy Farm; Gwynedd; 21/06/2010; female; fw 10.8mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 07/05/2011; male; fw 10.1mm
§4 Folkestone Warren, Kent; 04/07/2013; male
§5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 05/10/2014; male
§6 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 09/05/0214; male; fw 10.8mm
§7 New Forest, Hampshire; 22/06/2016; female; fw 10.2mm
§8 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 12/06/2017; female; fw 10.3mm
§9 New Forest, Hampshire; 15/05/2018; male; fw 9.6mm
§10 Sgor Gaibhre, Perthshire; 18/06/2021; male; fw 10.1mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Cyffdy Farm; Gwynedd; 21/06/2010; female; fw 10.8mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 07/05/2011; male; fw 10.1mm
§4 Folkestone Warren, Kent; 04/07/2013; male
§5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 05/10/2014; male
§6 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 09/05/0214; male; fw 10.8mm
§7 New Forest, Hampshire; 22/06/2016; female; fw 10.2mm
§8 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 12/06/2017; female; fw 10.3mm
§9 New Forest, Hampshire; 15/05/2018; male; fw 9.6mm
§10 Sgor Gaibhre, Perthshire; 18/06/2021; male; fw 10.1mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 15/11/2013 (§1-3) | §4 added 21/04/2014 | §5 added 29/10/2014 | §6 added 04/02/2015 | §7 added 29/05/2017 |
§8 added 18/03/2018 | §9 added 07/03/2019 | §10 added 11/10/2021
§8 added 18/03/2018 | §9 added 07/03/2019 | §10 added 11/10/2021