Morley's Final Catalogue: Rejected as indigenous by Bloomfield (Lep. Suff., p.55); confirmed by a specimen bred in June 1901 from a larva taken on mugwort near Aldeburgh on 10 September 1900 (Mathews, EMM. 1902, 247). Bred 14 May 1932 from pupa found at Aldringham on 2 August 1931 (Mly).
E. fraxinata, Crewe, now synonymised with this species, is recorded as somewhat scarce at Ipswich in 1893 (Mly), at light (Pyett); Playford, Woodbridge, Lowestoft, Beccles: Brandeston, Stowmarket. No record from the west.

Recent Suffolk Status: Ash pug and Angle-barred pug are thought to be the same species currently.
Very local along the coast. Now very rare inland.

Life history: Double-brooded.

Identification: A large species of pug with an elongated forewing. There are no other long-winged plain brown winged species found in the county.

Habitat: Coastal scrub (where feeding on Sea buckthorn and Tamarisk) and Woodland (feeding on Ash, Hawthorn, Elder).

Recorded in 14 (24%) of 58 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1900. Last Recorded in 2024. Additional Stats

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