#2418 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Double-striped Pug
🇳🇱 Zwartkamdwergspanner ·Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Drepanostoma · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © katunchik · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © cossus · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 8. © richardjaybee · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Jean-Paul COAT · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The double-striped pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a widespread and common species, being found throughout the Palearctic region, including the Near East and North Africa.
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 668 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #34 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
- 25,797 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809 (217 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Double-striped Pug
- Nederlands
- Zwartkamdwergspanner
- scientific name
- Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 668
- sightings in Europe
- 23,459
- sightings worldwide
- 25,797
- GBIF records in NL
- 74,561
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1809 by Adrian Hardy Haworth
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#2409 📷 10Small Dusty Wave
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#2412 📷 10Willow Beauty
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👀 725 in NL
#2435 📷 8Single-dotted Wave
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👀 509 in NL
#2438 📷 10Small Engrailed
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Ectropis crepuscularia
👀 486 in NL
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👀 435 in NL
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 311619, Wikidata Q1301471, GBIF 1992066, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.