Family: Geometridae Checklist Number: 70.161
Eupithecia virgaureata Doubleday, 1861
Golden-rod Pug
Uncommon and first recorded on the Outer Hebrides in 2009. Uses a wide range of habitats and as a bivoltine species it is found from May to June and also in August. Larvae from the second generation feed on Common Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) and golden-rod (Solidago virgaurea)