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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Common and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: Two generations, Apr-Jun, Jul-Aug.

Forewing: 10-12mm.

Foodplant: Trees including Hawthorn and sallows.

IMPORTANT - Please note that the maps and accounts are provisional, subject to change and further update. The whole dataset still needs to go through the final verification process and it is likely that a very small number of records will not satisfy the present requirements and there are other records that have not been formally submitted. The information is for guidance only.

Record breakdown:

	VC9	VC5	VC11	Region
Year first recorded	1905	2007	1987	1905
Year last recorded	2011	2007	2011	2011
Number of records	2224	1	81	4612
Number of individuals	3526	3	101	7260
Unique positions	235	1	9	490
Unique locations	177	1	10	376
Adult records	1953	1	81	4070
Immature records	0	0	0	0

For the region, we have a total of 4612 records from 376 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1905.

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Species Account

For further information refer UK Moths.

Davey, P., 2009: A common species across Britain, but local in northern Scotland, the polyphagous larva feeding on many plants including sallow (Salix spp.), yarrow (Achillea millefolium), bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), ragwort (Senecio spp.) and hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna). In Dorset, the moth is widespread and common across all habitats and one of the most frequent pugs at the light trap. The moth is double-brooded with a dominant brood in May and June, followed by a smaller second generation from mid-July to mid-August, and exceptionally, third-brood individuals in mid-September. This moth is similar to a number of other Pug species.

Diagnostics include: a twice sharp-angled post-median line where it approaches the costal edge of the forewing; distinctly chequered fringe; darker costal region of the forewing contrasting with a paler central portion; a wavy white sub-terminal line.

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