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Green Pug

Pasiphila rectangulata

3,170Records since 2000
JunePeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May225
Jun1,798
Jul881
Aug61
Sep9
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England467
2West Berkshire England454
3Worcestershire England148
4Cambridgeshire England74
5Norfolk England54
6Essex England52
7Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland49
8Surrey England43
9Argyll and Bute Scotland42
10Kent England41
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland35
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland30
13Bracknell Forest England29
14Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland26
15Cornwall England24
2,841 England81 Scotland23 Wales212 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 62 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,170
Peak month
June
Counties with records
62
Scientific name
Pasiphila rectangulata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,818
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Pasiphila
Name with authority
Pasiphila rectangulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q286032 · GBIF 4523885