- Common Pug
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Common Pug 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Geometridae Genus: Eupithecia Species: E. vulgata Binomial name Eupithecia vulgata
Haworth, 1809The Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species across the Palearctic region, the Near East and North Africa.
This is a quite variable species across its range but the typical form has orange-brown forewings marked with pale fascia with pale grey hindwings with darker margins. The wingspan is 18–21 mm. Two broods are produced each year with adults on the wing in May and June and again in August [1]. The species flies at night and is attracted to light.
The larva feeds on a variety of plants (see list below). The species overwinters as a pupa.
- ^ The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.
Recorded food plants
- Achillea - Yarrow
- Artemisia
- Campanula - Harebell
- Centaurea
- Crataegus - Hawthorn
- Galium - Bedstraw
- Salix - Willow
- Senecio - Ragwort
- Solidago - Goldenrod
- Vaccinium - Bilberry
Subspecies
- E. v. cyrneata
- E. v. vulgata
References
Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
Skinner, Bernard Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984
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