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Eupithecia tantillaria · eglinis sprindytis

  • dwarf pug
  • Grå grandværgmåler
  • Nadelgehölz-Blütenspanner, Fichten-Blütenspanner
  • neulaspikkumittari
  • eglinis sprindytis
  • grotnik choiniak

The distribution ranges from western Europe east to Caucasus, Asia Minor, Russia, Russian Far East. In the Alps it rises up to the tree line.

Wingspan 16-19 mm. Occurs in coniferous woodlands and parkland. The caterpillars resemble dead, dried-up needles and are thus inconspicuous on their host trees.

The caterpillars feed on Norway spruce and also other Pinophyta species, such as fir, European larch and Juniperus communis.