Lead-coloured Pug (Eupithecia plumbeolata)


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Lead-coloured Pug
Eupithecia plumbeolata (Haworth, 1809)
Geometridae : Larentiinae

1814 / 70.153
Nationally Scarce

Photo © Neil Sherman, Bulgaria. July 2016.

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Similar Species
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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