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Brindled Pug

Eupithecia abbreviata

2,623Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb6
Mar369
Apr1,252
May673
Jun64
Jul7
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England460
2Oxfordshire England235
3Worcestershire England179
4Argyll and Bute Scotland158
5Highland Scotland79
6Bracknell Forest England62
7Telford and Wrekin England55
8Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland49
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland48
10Surrey England34
11Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland32
12Suffolk England25
13Sefton England20
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland20
15Cumbria England16
2,096 England291 Scotland22 Wales193 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,623
Peak month
April
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Eupithecia abbreviata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,408
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Eupithecia
Name with authority
Eupithecia abbreviata Stephens, 1831
Described
1831
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1768339 · GBIF 1984117