Bordered Pug - Eupithecia succenturiata
Wingspan 20-23 mm. A fairly easy species to identify, being one of only a few Pugs which are mainly black-and-white.
Dry pastures, suburban habitats and waste ground.
July and August.
It is widely distributed throughout England and Wales, but local in Ireland and Scotland. In a recent survey to determine the status of all macro moths in Britain this species was classified as common.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = A (common and resident)
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
23 July 2013
Pete Leonard
Freeby Wood west
25 July 2021
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Garden
25 July 2010 Harecroft Crescent Sapcote SP49019371 (taken 8.8.2010),,,.JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
08 August 2010
egaten
Thurlaston garden
02 August 2015
Craig Mabbett
broughton astley garden
28 August 2015
 Harecroft Crescent Sapcote SP49019371 (taken 8.8.2010),,,.JPG)
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Species profile
- Common names
- Bordered Pug
- Species group:
- insect - moth
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Geometridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 34
- First record:
- 05/07/2003 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 24/07/2025 (Poole, Adam)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
28 July 2011
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
23 August 2013
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
24 July 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
28 July 2011
