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The '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 . 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.''

Contents

Recorded food plants

Subspecies

References

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