Nottinghamshire's Pug Moths
 
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
 
 
 
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