---
title: "Lime-speck Pug"
description: "Eupithecia centaureata — Owady i pająki. The lime-speck pug (Eupithecia centaureata) is a moth of the family Geometridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/lime-speck-pug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lime-speck Pug

> Eupithecia centaureata — Owady i pająki. The lime-speck pug (Eupithecia centaureata) is a moth of the family Geometridae.

- Scientific name: *Eupithecia centaureata*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8164
- Wikidata: [Q116755](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116755)
- iNaturalist taxon: [325476](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/325476)

## Names

- en: Lime-speck Pug
- de: Weißer Blütenspanner
- fr: Eupithécie des Centaurées
- nl: Zwartvlekdwergspanner

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2077), ES (826), FR (696), PT (655), DE (420), DK (379), IT (291), RU (259), FI (208), BG (173), AT (167), BE (161)

## Summary

The lime-speck pug (Eupithecia centaureata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species throughout the Palearctic region (where it is found in Europe, Central Asia, Mongolia, southern Siberia, eastern China (Guangdong) and Taiwan), the Near East and North Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime-speck_pug

## Photo

![Lime-speck Pug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lime-speck-pug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231150273

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lime-speck-pug?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).