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Wormwood Pug

Eupithecia absinthiata

1,305Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
60Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr5
May41
Jun176
Jul657
Aug346
Sep9
Oct1
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland400
2West Berkshire England77
3Suffolk England74
4Highland Scotland67
5Oxfordshire England52
6Worcestershire England49
7Argyll and Bute Scotland48
8Essex England24
9Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland24
10Cambridgeshire England23
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland18
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland17
13Kent England16
14Bracknell Forest England16
15Surrey England13
622 England552 Scotland12 Wales114 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,305
Peak month
July
Counties with records
60
Scientific name
Eupithecia absinthiata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,125
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Eupithecia
Name with authority
Eupithecia absinthiata (Clerck, 1759)
Described
1759
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2415025 · GBIF 1983896