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Sloe Pug
Pasiphila chloerata Mabille, 1870
Geometridae: Larentiinae
1859 / 70.143
Photo © Richard Eagling,  Weybourne, 2-06-2014

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Green Pug
Pasiphila rectangulata
Forewing: 9-10mm.
Flight: One generation May-July.
Foodplant:   Blackthorn.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Widespread but uncommon.
Discovered in Britain in the early 1970s.

Similar to the brown form of Green Pug P. rectangulata, but that species has the the postmedian line strongly toothed near costa. Sloe Pug usually has a salmon-pink (black in Green Pug) band at base of abdomen.

Verification Grade Comment: Similar to Green Pug

Recorded in 35 (47%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1986.
Last Recorded in 2023.
Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
23/07/2023128TL79Mundford
07/07/2023127TG13Hempstead
28/06/2023127TG10Cringleford (UEA)
27/06/2023328TF71Marham Fen
23/06/2023127TG14Sheringham Park
23/06/2023128TF63Snettisham
22/06/2023128TF92Brisley
21/06/2023128TF92North Elmham
18/06/2023128TF92North Elmham
10/06/2023128TF92Stibbard
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