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#2864 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Yellow Belle

🇳🇱 Gele kustspanner ·Aspitates ochrearia

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Yellow Belle, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Aspitates ochrearia , the yellow belle , is a species of moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in western and southern Europe, as well as North America.

base stats

  • NL sightings 32iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 4,713iNaturalist 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 32 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 4,713 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Pietro Rossi in 1794 (232 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Yellow Belle
Nederlands
Gele kustspanner
scientific name
Aspitates ochrearia
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Geometridae
sightings in NL
32
sightings in Europe
4,295
sightings worldwide
4,713
GBIF records in NL
3,587
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1794 by Pietro Rossi

relatives· Geometridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 325268, Wikidata Q4808111, GBIF 1967265, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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