Geometridae : Larentiinae
Pinion-spotted Pug
EUPITHECIA insigniata (Hübner, 1790)
Pinion-spotted Pug
EUPITHECIA insigniata (Hübner, 1790)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 18 - 22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less (Channel Isles,Estonia,Finland,Ireland,Norway,Portugal,Russia,Spain and all Mediterranean Isles ) : Turkey
UK Distribution: Central,southern England from Dorset in west to N Yorkshire coast,including East Anglia
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Orchards : Gardens : Hedgerows : Woodland Edges
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates among plant litter
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: An unmistakable pug species with greyish forewings clearly marked with brown blotches or sinuous blackish streaks along costa from base to subterminal line, which tends to vary between individuals.
The moth is restricted to central,southern England and is nationally scarce under the UK biodiversity action plan.
The moth is attracted to light appearing in the "early hours".
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less (Channel Isles,Estonia,Finland,Ireland,Norway,Portugal,Russia,Spain and all Mediterranean Isles ) : Turkey
UK Distribution: Central,southern England from Dorset in west to N Yorkshire coast,including East Anglia
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena insigniata (Hübner, 1790)
- [Phalaena] absinthiata Clerck, 1759
- Europe
Habitat: Orchards : Gardens : Hedgerows : Woodland Edges
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: Pupates among plant litter
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: An unmistakable pug species with greyish forewings clearly marked with brown blotches or sinuous blackish streaks along costa from base to subterminal line, which tends to vary between individuals.
The moth is restricted to central,southern England and is nationally scarce under the UK biodiversity action plan.
The moth is attracted to light appearing in the "early hours".
Photo Gallery
Larval food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Amelanchier ovalis - Snowy Mespilus, Dwarf Garden Serviceberry
- Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn
- Crataegus laevigata - Midland Hawthorn
- Malus domestica - Apple
- Malus sylvestris - Crab Apple
- Prunus avium - Wild Cherry
- Prunus padus - Bird Cherry - Hackberry
- Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn - Sloe(Britain)
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometroidea Geometridae Larentiinae Eupitheciini EUPITHECIA Curtis, 1825 Eupithecia insigniata (Hübner, 1790) - [Phalaena] absinthiata Clerck, 1759 - PHALAENA insigniata (Hübner, 1790) - EUPITHECIA Curtis, 1825 = Tephroclystia Hübner [1825] - Jacob Hübner - Contributions to the history of the butterflies (Band 2) Augsburg, 1790 : Second volume. Fourth part: 81-100, pl. I-IV. p.97 (pl.111) - Europe |