Small square-spot: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the small square-spot lives – recorded in 16 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Diarsia rubi
Group	Butterflies & moths
Found in	16 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Noctuidae

Where does the small square-spot live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the small square-spot in 16 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the small square-spot?

The small square-spot (Diarsia rubi) is an insect in the order Lepidoptera and the family Noctuidae, genus Diarsia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the small square-spot

The small square-spot (Diarsia rubi) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Karl Friedrich Vieweg in 1790. It is found in Europe apart from the far south-east then east through the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Central Asia, Siberia, the Russian Far East and Kamchatka.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Small square-spot (revision 1254993724), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q44966 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).