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Foxglove Pug

Eupithecia pulchellata

2,256Records since 2000
JunePeak month
69Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr33
May474
Jun1,055
Jul378
Aug38
Sep5
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England372
2Worcestershire England229
3Argyll and Bute Scotland224
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland179
5Oxfordshire England119
6Highland Scotland115
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland40
8Cornwall England26
9Bracknell Forest England25
10Gwynedd Wales23
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland23
12Telford and Wrekin England23
13Sefton England22
14Ards and North Down Northern Ireland19
15Norfolk England15
1,510 England553 Scotland54 Wales130 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,256
Peak month
June
Counties with records
69
Scientific name
Eupithecia pulchellata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,039
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Eupithecia
Name with authority
Eupithecia pulchellata Stephens, 1831
Described
1831
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1637714 · GBIF 1983000