Ochreous Pug

Ochreous Pug Eupithecia indignata (Hübner, [1813])
Status .....Found widely over parts of Nottinghamshire, but with a concentration of records coming from the wider Sherwood Forest area. Rather less common and more occasional at sites away from Sherwood Forest, with records from Broadholme, Misterton and Nottingham. A note on Broadholme records: Broadholme is in vice county VC56 of Nottinghamshire (which is covered by www.eakringbirds.com), but not in the administrative county of Nottinghamshire on which the county's moth records are based by the county macromoth recorder. As such, no Broadholme records appear in any county reports, but they are officially recognised by Butterfly Conservation as being Nottinghamshire records.
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Photographed by Martin Gray at Broadholme, May 29th 2012

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Early stages
Half grown larva, beaten off Scot's Pine Pinus sylvestris. Photographed at Mansfield Cemetery August 2021.

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The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2009). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2010). Dave Hursthouse. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2011). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2012). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2013). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2014). Wil Heeney. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2015). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2016). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2017). Martin Gray. Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2018). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2019). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2020). Jason Reece and Lily Reece. Ian Ellis. Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2021). Sheila Wright (Nottinghamshire macro moth report 2022).

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Updated September 2023