70.157 .... B&F 1853
Oak-tree Pug Eupithecia dodoneata (Guenée, 1857)
Status .....Common over much of Nottinghamshire, flying early in the year in woodland and gardens across much of the county. Will often come to MV light in good numbers.
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Photographed at Misson Carr April 2025
 
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Photographed at Misson Carr April 2024
 
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Photographed at Lound Wood May 2023
 
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Photographed at Market Warsop April 2019
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Oak-tree Pug
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Graham and Anona Finch. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. David Hursthouse. NBGRC. Sherwood Forest Rothamsted trap results 1986-1990. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Martin Gray. Lound Moth Group. Iain Leach and Kate Harte (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Tom Shields. Ian Ellis. Neil Pinder. Jason Reece and Lily Reece. David Atkinson.

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Updated March 2025
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