Family: Geometridae

70.173 Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata

There are 357 county records of 450 individuals from 73 different sites. First recorded in 1871.

Individual records comprise of: [448 Adult] [2 Larval] .

Occurrence by month (Adults)

May
5
Jun
89
Jul
219
Aug
101
Sep
25

Earliest: 16 May 2017 - Latest: 23 Sep 2019

Historical Abundance

2020
18
2019
36
2018
49
2017
36
2016
23
2015
15
2014
20
2013
35
2012
10
2011
6

Records (Individuals) by Vice County

VC67
276 (348)
VC68
81 (102)

Status Grade 1

Larval food plants

Angelica Angelica sylvestris
Burnet-saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea
Field Scabious Knautia arvensis
Golden-rod Solidago virguarea
Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum
Mugwort Artemesia vulgaris
Sea Wormwood Seriphidium maritima
Traveller's Joy Clematis vitalba
Yarrow Achillea millefolium

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