Eupithecia tantillaria
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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. The distribution ranges from western Europe and the British Isles east to Ukraine, Georgia, Russia, Russian Far East and the Altai Mountains. In Fennoscandia it reaches Sápmi, it is still lacking on Iceland. The southern range includes Italy, the Balkans, Turkey, Asia Minor and the Caucasus. It is lacking, however, in the south and in the centre of Spain, in Portugal and the Mediterranean islands. In the Alps it rises up to the tree line.
The wingspan is 16–19 millimetres (0.63–0.75 in). The ground colour of the forewings is light grey. There is a distinct, usually stretched discal spot and dark grey to brownish wavy crosslines, which continue on the rear wings. There are darker patches along the costal edge of the forewing, a paler white sub-marginal line and a chequered wing fringe. The hindwings are pale white with brown crosslines and a small black discal spot. Both forewings and hindwings are narrow. Darkened specimens with less distinctive pattern occur.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dwarf Pug sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 317th most-seen of the 1115 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dwarf Pug in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to March, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dwarf Pug sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Bavarian Forest National Park, in our data
Bavarian Forest National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dwarf Pug sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Eupithecia
The closest relatives of the Dwarf Pug that you can see in Bavarian Forest National Park (genus Eupithecia, Pug Moths) are Grey Pug Moth (about 10%), Oak-Tree Pug (about 10%) and Tawny Speckled Pug (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dwarf Pug is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest National Park (19 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
