#2822 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Brindled Pug

🇳🇱 Voorjaarsdwergspanner ·Eupithecia abbreviata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © purperlibel · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Wageningen, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Wageningen, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland:© Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Heilig Landstichting, Netherlands:© altmegatron · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 6721 Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The brindled pug ( Eupithecia abbreviata ) is a moth of the family Geometridae found in Europe including the British Isles as well as further east to the Baltic States, Armenia, Turkey and the Caucasus. South it reaches North Africa.

base stats

NL sightings 38iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,997iNaturalist observations

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).