#2830 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Scarce Umber Moth
🇳🇱 Najaarsspanner ·Agriopis aurantiaria
📍 Kwakkenberg, Nijmegen, Nederland
📍 Het Nationale Park De Hoge Veluwe, Garderen, Gelderland, NL
📍 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland
📍 7845 TP Holsloot, Nederland
📍 Melderslo
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © romanvrbicek · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Francis Birlenbach · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Kwakkenberg, Nijmegen, Nederland:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Het Nationale Park De Hoge Veluwe, Garderen, Gelderland, NL:© hendrixellen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 7845 TP Holsloot, Nederland:© Katja · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Melderslo:© gijsj · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Agriopis aurantiaria , the scarce umber , is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe.
base stats
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).
fun facts
- Spotted 37 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,084 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1799 (227 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Scarce Umber Moth
- Nederlands
- Najaarsspanner
- scientific name
- Agriopis aurantiaria
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 37
- sightings in Europe
- 1,829
- sightings worldwide
- 2,084
- GBIF records in NL
- 6,427
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1799 by Jacob Hübner
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👀 725 in NL
#2418 📷 10Double-striped Pug
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👀 668 in NL
#2435 📷 8Single-dotted Wave
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👀 509 in NL
#2438 📷 10Small Engrailed
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👀 486 in NL
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 56639, Wikidata Q46088, GBIF 5769072, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.