Pugs

Pug Moths are distinctive in their shape, yet can pose a notoriously difficult ID threat, as do some of the UK's warblers. To add to their difficulty, many species are quite variable in background colouration of both sets of wings, have rather diffuse or indistinct markings (if any) and then have melanic forms to make identification even more impossible. Some species though, are more straight-forward and easy to identify.

This page features photographs of all Pug species currently known from the Eakring and Kersall area and includes others from elsewhere within in the county. It is only indented as a starting guide to help point people in the right direction of any identification, should they come across any of the 19 illustrated species.


Brindled Pug Eupithecia abbreviata Photographed at Lound Wood Eakring, Nottinghamshire on April 26th 2003		White-spotted Pug Eupithecia tripunctaria Photographed at Lound Wood Eakring, Nottinghamshire on May 19th 2005


Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata Photographed at Lound Wood Eakring, Nottinghamshire on May 27th 2004		Common Pug Eupithecia vulgata Photographed at Lound Wood Eakring, Nottinghamshire on April 26th 2003


Double-striped Pug Eupithecia rufifasciata Photographed at Red Hill Eakring, Nottinghamshire on July 5th 2004		Foxglove Pug Eupithecia pulchellata Photographed at Lound Wood Eakring, Nottinghamshire on May 16th 2004


Green Pug Eupithecia rectangulata Photographed at Lound Wood Eakring, Nottinghamshire on May 16th 2004		Lime-speck Pug Eupithecia centaureata Photographed at Red Hill Eakring, Nottinghamshire on August 11th 2004


Tawny Speckled Pug Eupithecia icterata subfulvata Photographed at Lound Wood, August 5th 2008		Marsh Pug Eupithecia pygmaeata Photographed at Red Hill Eakring, Nottinghamshire on May 24th 2003


Mottled Pug Eupithecia exiguata Photographed at Lound Wood Eakring, Nottinghamshire on May 24th 2003		Oak Tree Pug Eupithecia dodoneata Photographed at Lound Wood Eakring, Nottinghamshire on May 19th 2005


Sloe Pug Pasiphila debiliata Photographed at Lound Wood Eakring, Nottinghamshire on May 16th 2004		Freyer's Pug Eupithecia intricata arceuthata Photographed at Forest Town, Mansfield Nottinghamshire on June 28th 2004


Bordered Pug Eupithecia succenturiata Photographed at Lound Wood, August 9th 2007		V-Pug Chloroclystis v-ata Photographed at Lound Wood September 22nd 2006


Currant Pug Eupithecia assimilata Photographed at Lound Wood, June 6th 2007		Grey Pug Eupethicia subfuscata Photographed at Lound Wood, June 11th 2007


Golden-rod Pug Eupithecia virgaureata Photographed at Lound Wood, July 22nd 2008		Wormwood Pug Eupithecia absinthiata Photographed at Sherwood Forest, August 3rd 2008