Species Details

ABH: 70.145

BF: 1861

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Pasiphila debiliata

Authority: (Hübner, [1817])

Vernacular: Bilberry Pug

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on heathland, moorland and open woodland in southern England Fairly unmistakable, although could be confused with Green Pug P. rectangulata. Larva feeds on Bilberry, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 17 — 19 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Jun (2007) — 4 Aug (2000)

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

Foodplant:

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/pasiphila-debiliata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 61

Individuals: 51

Earliest Year: 1872

Latest Year: 2016

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