#2796 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Narrow-winged Pug

🇳🇱 Smalvleugeldwergspanner ·Eupithecia nanata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paul Bowyer · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Wildlife in a Dorset garden. Thanks for 150,000 views · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Station Mook-Molenhoek, Mook, Nederland:© JV · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Station Mook-Molenhoek, Mook, Nederland:© JV · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 1795 De Cocksdorp, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ede, Nederland:© titusvdberg · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Eupithecia nanata , the narrow-winged pug , is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It can be found all over Europe including Russia (north to Kola Peninsula) and Ukraine. In the Alps it occurs up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) above sea level and in the Pyrenees to 2400 meters. The species prefers dry or boggy heathlands.

base stats

NL sightings 45iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 745iNaturalist 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).