Species Details

ABH: 70.144

BF: 1860

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Pasiphila rectangulata

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Green Pug

Account: Common in parks, gardens, hedgerows, scrubland and woodland throughout the British Isles Unmistakable, but green coloration may fade, when sinuate apical border to central band is a helpful character. Larva feeds on flowers of Apple, Pear, Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Wild Cherry and Japanese Cherry, 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 — 21 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 11 May (2024) — 4 Aug (2004)

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-rectangulata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 807

Individuals: 338

Earliest Year: 1903

Latest Year: 2025

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