Photo © Liz Still
Marsh Pug
Eupithecia pygmaeata
Checklist Number70.154 [B&F: 1822]
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: | pygmaeata |
| Authority: | (Hübner, [1799]) |
This small, brown, pug is scattered locally across central and northern England, Scotland and parts of Ireland, in fens, marshes, damp meadows, sand-dunes and waste ground. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 14-16 mm. Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on flowers and seeds of Field Mouse-ear, over-wintering as a pupa.
