Photo © Mike Wall

Marbled Pug

Eupithecia irriguata

Checklist Number
70.170 [B&F: 1818]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Geometridae
Subfamily:Larentiinae (Eupetheciini)
Genus:Eupithecia
Species:irriguata
Authority:(Hübner, [1813])

Nationally scarce (Nb) in oak woodland and mature hedgerows, in central-southern England, best known from Hampshire, where the species is a New Forest speciality, and often common there during May, but seldom reported anywhere else in the county. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 18-20 mm. Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on Pedunculate Oak and Sessile Oak, over-wintering as a pupa.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)