Species Details

ABH: 70.146

BF: 1813

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Eupithecia haworthiata

Authority: Doubleday, 1856

Vernacular: Haworth's Pug

Account: Local in open woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens on alkaline soils throughout England and Wales Plain appearance, small size and lack of discal spot distinguishes adult from all but Lead-coloured Pug E. plumbeolata from which separated by ochreous base of the abdomen. Larva feeds on flower buds of Traveller's-joy and Cultivated Clematis, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 12 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 May (1886) — 17 Aug (1984)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Clematis vitalbata.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/eupithecia-haworthiata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 235

Individuals: 40

Earliest Year: 1886

Latest Year: 2020

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