Identification

Care required to separate from other ‘pugs.’ The rounded forewing with uniform colour and a dark central dash, three spots on the costa and no white spot in the trailing corner all help to identify it.

Recording method

Larvae can be found in the seedheads of Wild Angelica in autumn, adults occasionally come to light.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as a pupa. Larvae are present early August to early October.

Larval foodplants

Wild Angelica and Hogweed ripening fruits.

Habitat

Overwinters as a pupa, probably among plant debris.

History

First recorded for Dumfries and Galloway only in 1992 for VC73 in the Mabie Forest Rothamsted light trap, in 2000 for VC72 at Durisdeer by Caroline Allen and in 2004 for VC74 at the Mains of Airies, The Rhins’