#2898 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Wormwood Pug

🇳🇱 Egale dwergspanner ·Eupithecia absinthiata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Kjeld Brem · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Diane P. Brooks · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Jeremy Coleman · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Goedereede, Nederland:© Jan van Holten · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
7. Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

The wormwood pug ( Eupithecia absinthiata ) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species across the Palearctic region and the Near East, as well as North America.

base stats

NL sightings 28iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,025iNaturalist 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).