Maple Pug - Eupithecia inturbata
Wingspan 13 to18 mm. This pale straw brown species is one of the smaller 'pug' moths.
It occupies a variety of wooded and semi-wooded habitats where the larval food plant occurs.
The adults are on the wing in July and August and come to light.
The larvae feed on the flowers of Field maple (Acer campestris).
This species is local, though distributed over the larger part of England and Wales. In a recent survey to determine the status of all macro moths in Britain this species was classified as local.
It appears to be uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland, where there are few records. L&R Moth Group status = D (rare or rarely recorded).
egaten
Thurlaston garden
22 July 2022
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
20 July 2018
Confirmed by gen det
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
08 July 2017
Confirmed by gen det
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent Sapcote
23 July 2020
Confirmed by gen det
egaten
Thurlaston garden
29 July 2019
egaten
Thurlaston garden
29 July 2019
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Species profile
- Common names
- Maple Pug
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Geometridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 32
- First record:
- 08/07/2017 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 09/08/2023 (Leese, Eric)
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