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Common Pug

Eupithecia vulgata

5,108Records since 2000
MayPeak month
74Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar5
Apr196
May2,169
Jun2,048
Jul331
Aug73
Sep9
Oct3
Nov6
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England771
2West Berkshire England697
3Worcestershire England196
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland142
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland129
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland114
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland95
8Argyll and Bute Scotland88
9Highland Scotland83
10Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland77
11Ards and North Down Northern Ireland69
12Telford and Wrekin England61
13Cambridgeshire England47
14Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland45
15Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland37
4,068 England373 Scotland27 Wales629 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,108
Peak month
May
Counties with records
74
Scientific name
Eupithecia vulgata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,675
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Eupithecia
Name with authority
Eupithecia vulgata (Haworth, 1809)
Described
1809
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1947546 · GBIF 1982542