Marsh Pug
Eupithecia pygmaeata

B&F Code
70.154

Authority

Hubner, 1799

Family
Geometridae

Subfamily
Larentiinae

Genus
Eupithecia

National Status
Local

Species account (old)

Robson could give no firm record for this species although he included it in the Catalogue, chiefly because he was sure that it must occur in the north east [...] T.A. Lofthouse took it regularly in Cowpen Marshes and there are notices for it in the Vasculum for 1912 and 1915. He also found it near Forest-in-Teesdale in 1921. [...] We now have a number of widely scattered records for Durham (vc 66) [...] Obviously it is somewhat rare in the North-East.

Dunn, T.C. and J.D. Parrack, The Moths and Butterflies of Northumberland and Durham (NNU: 1986, 1992). Reprinted gratefully with permission.

Statistics

Records	30
Individuals	42
Largest Sample	4
First Recorded	1912
Last Recorded	2018
Earliest Adult Record	16/05
Latest Adult Record	05/08
Monad Coverage	0.8%
Hexad Coverage	33.3%

Map

This map shows all records of Marsh Pug - Eupithecia pygmaeata in the Durham (VC66) database per monad (1km grid square). The map can be explored further by zooming and panning, can be reset using the button on the left, and can be filtered by selecting the era. Click on a monad to view a full list of species recorded in it, or its containing hexad (10km grid square).

Map (image)

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Week graph

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Era graph

Year graph

Gallery

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