As far as I know the only pugs with white ends to their abdomen are Lime-speck, which this clearly isn't, and Bordered Pug which seems most unlikely and has white thorax which this doesn't. So it's probably just a worn something else but I would appreciate comments.
Richard Ellis
Chorleywood
Hi Richard, I think that this might well be another Marbled Pug, about which there was a fair bit of correspondence in 2020 when again a relatively worn one was found by Tim Arnold (see https://upperthamesmoths.blogspot.com/search?q=marbled+pug).
ReplyDeleteThanks John. Having looked at the 2020 posts I'm sure you are right. I'll keep the moth for Peter Hall to confirm one way or the other.
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ReplyDeleteYes, as John says, that looks good for Marbled Pug. A Google search will bring up some images of it with a white end to the abdomen and there's a nice image of one like that in Brian Hancock's book "Pug Moths of North-west England" (which everyone should have...). Not every Marbled Pug has it but it must be a good indicator if present.
Thanks Dave, I don't have Brian Hancock's book but I do have Riley & Prior's 'British and Irish Pug Moths' which I should have consulted, but didn't. The example shown there does have a white-tipped abdomen.
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