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Lead-coloured Pug
Eupithecia plumbeolata (Haworth, 1809)
Geometridae: Larentiinae
1814 / 70.153
Photo © Neil Sherman,  Bulgaria. July 2016.

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Slender Pug
Eupithecia tenuiata
Haworth's Pug
Eupithecia haworthiata
Forewing: 9-10mm.
Flight: One generation May-June.
Foodplant:   Common Cow-wheat
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Nationally Scarce
Former Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3
Status
Morley's Final Catalogue: A species of common occurrence throughout England, yet noted with us only before 1890 from Needham (L) and Stowmarket (C).

Recent Suffolk Status: Extinct.

Life history: Single-brooded.

Identification: Slender pug has more rounded wings and Haworth's pug has the orange/yellow band on the abdomen.

Habitat: Woodland glades and rides.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

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