#2956 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Tawny Speckled Pug
🇳🇱 Oranje dwergspanner ·Eupithecia icterata
📍 Sattnitz-Postranig
📍 Liesing, 1230 Wien, Österreich
📍 Brämaregården, Göteborg, Sverige
📍 Dereham, UK
📍 7212 Forchtenstein, Österreich
📍 Тополиный, Московская обл., Россия
📍 Principado de Asturias, Asturias, Spain
📍 Lasa, Alto Adige
📍 Buxton SK17, UK
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 2. Sattnitz-Postranig:© brudermann · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Liesing, 1230 Wien, Österreich:© carnifex · CC BY 4.0
- 4. Brämaregården, Göteborg, Sverige:© Kim Falck · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Dereham, UK:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 6. 7212 Forchtenstein, Österreich:© chris_w · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Тополиный, Московская обл., Россия:© Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Principado de Asturias, Asturias, Spain:© Anxos Romeo Barreiro · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Lasa, Alto Adige:© stefanodirektor · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Buxton SK17, UK:© Steve Orridge · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The tawny speckled pug ( Eupithecia icterata ) is a moth of the family Geometridae.
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 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,776 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Charles Joseph Devillers in 1789 (237 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Tawny Speckled Pug
- Nederlands
- Oranje dwergspanner
- scientific name
- Eupithecia icterata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 5
- sightings in Europe
- 3,350
- sightings worldwide
- 3,776
- GBIF records in NL
- 874
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1789 by Charles Joseph Devillers
relatives· Geometridae
#2406 📷 8Riband Wave
🇳🇱 Grijze stipspanner
Idaea aversata
👀 977 in NL
#2408 📷 7Yellow Shell Moth
🇳🇱 Gestreepte Goudspanner
Camptogramma bilineata
👀 893 in NL
#2409 📷 10Small Dusty Wave
🇳🇱 Paardenbloemspanner
Idaea seriata
👀 889 in NL
#2412 📷 10Willow Beauty
🇳🇱 Schaduwspikkelspanner
Peribatodes rhomboidaria
👀 725 in NL
#2418 📷 10Double-striped Pug
🇳🇱 Zwartkamdwergspanner
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
👀 668 in NL
#2435 📷 8Single-dotted Wave
🇳🇱 Vlekstipspanner
Idaea dimidiata
👀 509 in NL
#2438 📷 10Small Engrailed
🇳🇱 Gewone spikkelspanner
Ectropis crepuscularia
👀 486 in NL
#2444 📷 10Brimstone Moth
🇳🇱 Hagedoornvlinder
Opisthograptis luteolata
👀 435 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 325897, Wikidata Q1638214, GBIF 1982500, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.