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Golden-rod pug

Eupithecia virgaureata

396Records since 2000
MayPeak month
40Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr37
May110
Jun25
Jul72
Aug107
Sep2
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland101
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland68
3Highland Scotland37
4Worcestershire England35
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland10
6Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland10
7Sefton England7
8Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland7
9Cornwall England6
10Devon England6
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland6
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland4
13Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland4
14Cumbria England3
15Telford and Wrekin England3
116 England226 Scotland5 Wales48 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
396
Peak month
May
Counties with records
40
Scientific name
Eupithecia virgaureata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
361
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Eupithecia
Name with authority
Eupithecia virgaureata Doubleday, 1861
Described
1861

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1536023 · GBIF 1982671