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Marsh Pug
Eupithecia pygmaeata (Hübner, 1799)
Geometridae: Larentiinae
1822 / 70.154
Photo © Malcolm Hillier,  Gaits Barrow 16/06/21

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Lead-coloured Pug
Eupithecia plumbeolata
Forewing: 8-9mm.
Flight: One generation May-June.
Foodplant:   Field Mouse-ear.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Bedfordshire status
Very rare resident

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 2 (9%) of 22 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1984.
Last Recorded in 2014.

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
17/07/2014130SP92 - Leighton Buzzard, Totternhoe
02/06/2009130SP92 - Leighton Buzzard, Totternhoe
May 1986130TL03 - Ampthill, Flitwick, Silsoe
12/07/1985430TL03 - Ampthill, Flitwick, Silsoe
13/06/1985130TL03 - Ampthill, Flitwick, Silsoe
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