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Dwarf Pug
Eupithecia tantillaria (Boisduval, 1840)
Geometridae: Larentiinae
1857 / 70.162
Photo © John Thacker,  Harwell 10.5.22 (Scale mm)

Similar Upper Thames Species
Cloaked Pug
Eupithecia abietaria
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Eupithecia dodoneata
Foodplant:   Norway Spruce, Sitka Spruce, Douglas Fir, Lawson's Cypress
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

Widespread and quite frequent across the region, mainly in conifer plantations and mixed woodland.

Recorded in 51 (65%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1750.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
19/07/2022124SP60 - Waterperry, Long Crendon
25/06/2022124TQ09 - Chorleywood, Chalfont St Peter
17/06/2022124SP64 - Silverstone
14/06/2022123SP33 - Sibford Ferris/Hook Norton
08/06/2022123SP50 - Oxford, Wheatley, Garsington
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