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#2906 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Maple Pug

🇳🇱 Esdoorndwergspanner ·Eupithecia inturbata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Maple Pug, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Annika Lindqvist · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Eupithecia inturbata , the maple pug , is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in central Europe, Great Britain and southern Scandinavia.

base stats

  • NL sightings 28iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 899iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

  • Spotted 28 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 899 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1817 (209 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Maple Pug
Nederlands
Esdoorndwergspanner
scientific name
Eupithecia inturbata
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Geometridae
sightings in NL
28
sightings in Europe
401
sightings worldwide
899
GBIF records in NL
3,523
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1817 by Jacob Hübner

relatives· Geometridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 483316, Wikidata Q1315051, GBIF 1983170, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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