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Common Name		Latin Name		Food plant(s)		Description
Toadflax Pug		Eupitheia linariata		Common toadflax		Yellow or green, reddish-brown markings across segments. Widespread over England and Wales.
Foxglove Pug		Eupithecia pulchellata		Foxglove		Green or brownish, darker dorsal line, thin dark lines subdorsally. Common.
Marbled Pug		Eupithecia irriguata		Oak		Green, reddish-brown markings bordered with dull yellow. Southern England.
Mottled Pug		Eupithecia exiguata		Hawthorn, blackthorn, dogwood and rowan		Bright green, reddish-brown dorsal line, spiracular line reddish-brown. Common
Pinion-spotted Pug		Eupithecia insigniata		Hawthorn		Bright green, reddish-brown dorsal line that forms a triangle on each segment. Southern England.
Valerian Pug		Eupithecia valerianata		Valerian		Dull green, thin greyish-green dorsal and subdorsal line. Most of Britain.
Marsh Pug		Eupithecia pygmaeta		Filed mouse-ear		Green or ochreous, darker dorsal and subdorsal lines. East Anglia and the South Midlands.
Netted Pug		Eupithecia venosata		Bladder and sea campion		Ochreous, darker greyish-brown dorsal line. Widespread.
Pauper Pug		Eupithecia egenaria		Small leaved lime		Green, dorsal vessel visible, yellowish between segments. Wye Valley and south-west Norfolk.
Lime-speck Pug		Eupithecia centaureata		Ragwort, mugwort, traveller's-joy, scabious and many other plants.		Variable; green, brown or grey, reddish brown or grey dorsal line. Common.
Triple-spotted Pug		Eupithecia trisignaria		Wild angelica		Dull green, darker green dorsal and subdorsal lines, whitish line below spiracles. Southern counties of England.
Freyer's Pug/ Edinburgh Pug/ Mere's Pug		Eupithecia intricata		Cypress and juniper		Green, dark green dorsal line, yellowish subdorsal lines, broader white line in spiracular area. 3 species in different areas; Southern half of England; North-west England and Scotland; Burren in Western Ireland.
Satyr Pug		Eupithecia satyrata		Knapweed, thyme, meadowsweet and stork's-bill		Shades of green, yellow, brown or pink, with darker chevrons and dashes over back and sides. Widespread.
Wormwood Pug		Eupithecia absinthiata		Ragwort, mugwort, yarrow, wormwood, goldenrod and gorsefoot		Variable shades of brown, green or ochreous, darker dorsal line, dashed along sides. Common.
Ling Pug		Eupithecia goossensiata		Heather		Dull purplish-pink, purplish-brown triangular dorsal markings. Widespread on heaths and moorland.
Currant Pug		Eupithecia assimilata		Red and black currant		Green or greenish-grey, darker dorsal line, yellow between segments. Most of Britain.
Bleached Pug		Eupithecia expallidata		Goldenrod		Green or yellow, darker dorsal line that swells in the middle. Most of Britain.
Common Pug		Eupithecia vulgata		Sallow, yarrow, bilberry, hawthorn and ragwort		Green or light brown, elongated diamond or triangular markings. Common
White-spotted Pug		Eupithecia tripuntaria		Angelica, wild parsnip and cow parsley		Yellowish-green, triangular-shaped brown markings dorsally, darker brown markings along sides, thin subdorsal line. Widespread.
Campanula Pug/ Jasione Pug		Eupithecia denotata		Bellflower, campanula and sheep's-bit		Light brown, darker dorsal and subdorsal lines, brown markings. Southern and eastern England and south-west England, Wales and the Isle of Man.
Grey Pug		Eupithecia subfuscata		Yarrow, mugwort, sallow, hawthorn and other plants		Shades of brown, darker diamond-shaped markings, small warts. Throughout.
Tawny Speckled Pug		Eupithecia icterata		Yarrow and sneezewort		Greyish-brown, dark brown dorsal blotches, whitish-grey stripe along centre, small warts. Widespread.
Bordered Pug		Eupithecia succenturiata		Mugwort		Greyish-brown or reddish-brown, series of darker lozenge-shaped markings, wavy subdorsal line. Widely distributed.
Shaded Pug		Eupithecia subumbrata		Hawk's-beard, scabious and ragwort		Light brown or green, darker dorsal line, faint subdorsal lines. Widely distributed.
Yarrow Pug		Eupithecia millefoliata		Yarrow		Pale brown, dark brown chevrons. Coastal and saltmarsh areas from Dorset to the Thames Estuary.
Plain Pug		Eupithecia simpliciata		Goosefoot and orache		Bright green, indistinct dorsal markings, covered in tiny greyish-white speckling. Much of England, common in the south.
Goosefoot Pug		Eupithecia sinuosaria		Goosefoot		Green, white speckling, reddish tip on the rear. European, recorded twice in Britain.
Thyme Pug		Eupithecia distinctaria		Thyme		Green, reddish-purple dorsal line. South and west rocky coasts.
Ochreous Pug		Eupithecia indigata		Scots pine		Glossy light brown,darker dorsal line, paler subdorsal lines. Britain and Ireland, most frequent in central Scotland and East Anglia.
Pimpinel Pug		Eupithecia pimpinellata		Burnet saxifrage		Light green, purplish dorsal and subdorsal lines. Southern England up to Yorkshire.
Narrow-winged Pug		Eupithecia manata		Heather		Shades of white, green or pink, darker dorsal line, reddish-brown, green and crimson markings. Widespread.
Scarce Pug		Eupithecia extensaria		Sea wormwood		Green, white spiracular line, white warts. Very local on saltmarshes of Norfolk, Lincolnshire, south-east Yorkshire and north Essex.
Ash Pug		Eupithecia fraxinata		Ash and sea buckthorn		Dull green or purplish-brown, white spiracular line. Coastal sandhills of east and south-east England.
Golden-rod Pug		Eupithecia virgaureata		Goldenrod and ragwort		Shades of yellow, brown or greyish, bold dark brown triangular or horseshoe-shaped markings, brown triangular markings on the sides. Widely distributed.