GOLDEN-ROD PUG Eupithecia virgaureata
Local in suitable habitat.
Not recorded by Rosie but recorded from three Rothamsted sites in 1981 and 1982 and almost annually from 1991 to 2002.
Recorded in small numbers annually in recent years
Scottish Status: Common stable. UK Status: Local
UK distribution and abundance has increase substantially (cf: Atlas of Britain & Ireland's Larger Moths)
First and last flight dates recorded in Caithness: 24th April to 16th July (one late record 28th August may indicate a secod generation)


MAP:black dots last record pre 2000  blue dots last record 2000 to 2009  
red dots last record 2010 to 2019  green dots last record 2020 to present
 

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