#2902 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Dwarf Pug

🇳🇱 Fijnspardwergspanner ·Eupithecia tantillaria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
3. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
4. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Hamert:© Bas Engels · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Eupithecia tantillaria , the dwarf pug , is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. The species can be found in the Palearctic realm.

base stats

NL sightings 28iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,604iNaturalist 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).