David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
_________________________________________________________Moths
122 – Tawny Speckled Pug Moths
TAWNY SPECKLED PUG MOTH Eupithecia
icterata f. subfulvata
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This freshly emerged Tawny Speckled Pug Moth Eupithecia icterata
f. subfulvata (Geometridae,
Larentiinae) was photographed in Norfolk. The
distinctive tawny mark on the forewings is much reduced or absent in form cognata, which is sufficiently different
in appearance to suggest that it might belong to another species in this large
family. This form is predominant in the north. Common Yarrow Achillea
millefolium and Sneezewort A. ptarmica have
both been identified as larval foodplants, and it seems likely that cultivars
of this genus would also be exploited.
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