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Family: Geometridae   Checklist Number: 70.158

Eupithecia pusillata  ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Juniper Pug

First recorded in the Outer Hebrides in 2011 with just a few since. On the wing from July to September over moorland, plantations, gardens or wherever its food-plant, junipers, occurs.

References: 
Leverton, R. & Cubitt, M. (2024). The Larger Moths of Scotland.
Waring, P. & Townsend, M. (2018 third edition). Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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