Eupithecia tripunctaria
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Eupithecia tripunctaria, the white-spotted pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found from Europe to Korea and Japan and in North America. Presence extends through the Palearctic realm - (Europe, (central Scandinavia to the Alps), Russia, Russian Far East, Siberia, Amur, and Baikal to Japan and the Kuril Islands. In the Pyrenees and the Alps, E. tripunctaria occurs up to a height of 1800 m. asl. Another distribution area is located in North America, from Newfoundland to British Columbia and the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California. The species prefers lowland forests, forest edges and damp meadows.
The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The ground colour of the wings varies from ash grey to dark ashy brown to blackish, with the hind wings often averaging slightly paler. A pale waved line follows the margin of both wings with certain parts broken off into specific white marks which are more pronounced. These white marks give the species its name, and while they can show on both wings they are commonly absent from the hindwings. Though it is a good feature to identify this species, care should still be taken to separate it from... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-Spotted Pug Moth sighting in London on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 873rd most-seen of the 1504 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-Spotted Pug Moth in London on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months.
Only London, in our data
London is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-Spotted Pug Moth sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Eupithecia
The closest relatives of the White-Spotted Pug Moth that you can see in London (genus Eupithecia, Pug Moths) are Lime-Speck Pug (about 10%), Cypress Pug (about 10%) and Common Pug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-Spotted Pug Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in London (16 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
