website logo Lepidoptera Outer Hebrides

Family: Geometridae   Checklist Number: 70.156

Eupithecia abbreviata   Stephens, 1831

Brindled Pug

A scarce species in northern Scotland and there is only one record from the Outer Hebrides (South Uist). Larvae feed on oak (Quercus) and hawthorn (Crataegus)

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