WORMWOOD PUG Eupithecia absinthiata
LING PUG  Eupithecia absinthiata f. goossensiata
Wormwood is local and scarce. Ling is probably widely distributed on moorland but under recorded.
Not recorded by Rosie but found at two Rothamsted sites.
Top photograph Wormwood Pug, lower photograph Ling Pug
Scottish Status: Common - stable. UK Status: Common
UK distribution trend shows long-term increase (cf: Atlas of Britain & Ireland's Larger Moths)
 First and last flight dates recorded in Caithness: 20th June to 12th August

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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