#2536 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
V-Pug
🇳🇱 V-dwergspanner ·Chloroclystis v-ata
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what is it?
The v-pug ( Chloroclystis v-ata ) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region, the Near East and North Africa. It is well distributed in the British Isles except for the north of Scotland.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 176 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,765 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809 (217 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- V-Pug
- Nederlands
- V-dwergspanner
- scientific name
- Chloroclystis v-ata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 176
- sightings in Europe
- 5,244
- sightings worldwide
- 5,765
- GBIF records in NL
- 20,168
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1809 by Adrian Hardy Haworth
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👀 725 in NL
#2418 📷 10Double-striped Pug
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👀 668 in NL
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👀 509 in NL
#2438 📷 10Small Engrailed
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👀 486 in NL
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324080, Wikidata Q1552085, GBIF 1989428, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.