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  Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata  
         
 

B&F: 1825

ABH: 70.173

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: General occurrence.

Flight Period: Double brooded from May to September.

Observations: The caterpillar was very common in September 1992 feeding on the flowers of ragwort in a set aside field bordering Weekley Hall Wood.

L.O.N.: 1907. Several localities. Rather common.

First Record: 1885, Wallis, H.