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.