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Spring Usher Moth

🇳🇱 Kleine voorjaarsspanner ·Agriopis leucophaearia

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Spring Usher Moth, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Agriopis leucophaearia , the spring usher , is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a Palearctic species found from Europe to the Russian Far East,Siberia and Japan.

base stats

  • NL sightings 117iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,727iNaturalist observations

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 117 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,727 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Michael Denis in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Spring Usher Moth
Nederlands
Kleine voorjaarsspanner
scientific name
Agriopis leucophaearia
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Geometridae
sightings in NL
117
sightings in Europe
2,509
sightings worldwide
2,727
GBIF records in NL
21,305
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1775 by Michael Denis

relatives· Geometridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 56637, Wikidata Q33306, GBIF 5769062, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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