#2574 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Green Pug

🇳🇱 Groene dwergspanner ·Pasiphila rectangulata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © crgillette · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Susan Elliott · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Larry Clarfeld · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © evening · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Tilburg, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Batsdijk 10, 7261 SP Ruurlo, Nederländerna:© soortenpakker · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Drachten, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 6107 Stevensweert, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Pieterburen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
10. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The green pug ( Pasiphila rectangulata ) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is sometimes placed in the genus Chloroclystis or Rhinoprora . It is common throughout the Palearctic region (from Ireland to Japan) and the Near East.

base stats

NL sightings 134iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 19,596iNaturalist 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).