SCIENTIFIC NAME: EUPITHECIA CENTAUREATA
VERNACULAR NAME: LIME-SPECK PUG

Fig 1
DESCRIPTION Small and thin with pale greenish background.  The reddish U-like markings along the back are connected by a variably wide longitudinal line.
FOODPLANT Ragworts, mugworts, yarrow, knapweed and field scabious plus other low growing plants.
SEASON May to October.

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