70.190 Eupithecia subfuscata (Grey Pug)
fw: 10-12mm; May-Jun; yarrow / sneezewort (Achillea millefolium / ptarmica); common in England, Wales and lowland Scotland
Eupithecia subfuscata (Grey Pug) §5 male
ID: Forewing with conspicuous black central
spot; brownish-grey, darker at forewing base, costa and termen; wavy
cross-lines. E.virgaureata (Goldenrod Pug) has chequered veins and (usually)
fainter cross-lines but is otherwise similar. E.laricata (Larch Pug) has a
white thoracic spot. E.egenaria (Fletcher’s Pug) has a small black obliquely
elongate central spot and faint cross-lines.
The melanic form obscurissima will need genital dissection for confident identification.
The melanic form obscurissima will need genital dissection for confident identification.
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§1 Foulness, Essex; 14/06/2009; male; fw 10.3mm
§2 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 22/06/2010; female; fw 10.7mm §3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 18/06/2010; female; fw 11.8mm §4 Cyffdy Farm, Gwynedd; 22/06/10; male §5 New Forest, Hampshire; 03/06/2012; male; fw 9.7mm §6 Buttermere, Cumbria; 30/06/2014; female §7 St Lawrence, Isle of Wight; 02/06/2014; male; fw 10.1mm §8 Torver, Cumbria; 12/07/2015; male; fw 10.3mm; to light §9 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; female; fw 10.4mm; to light All images © Chris Lewis |
§10 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 12/06/2017; female; fw 9.9mm
§11 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 25/05/2018; male; fw 9.2mm §12 Loch Rannoch, Perthshire; 16/06/2021; female; fw 10.8mm §13 Loch Rannoch, Perthshire; 16/06/2021; female; fw 10.5mm §14 Stour Wood, Essex; 26/05/2022; female; fw 10.5mm |
Page published 16/11/2013 (§1-5) | §6 added 21/08/2014 | §7 added 29/01/2015 | §8 added 10/12/2015 | §9 added 24/12/2015 |
§10 added 18/03/2018 | §11 added 09/03/2019 | §12&13 added 14/09/2021 | §14 added 04/09/2022
§10 added 18/03/2018 | §11 added 09/03/2019 | §12&13 added 14/09/2021 | §14 added 04/09/2022
