#2716 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Bordered White

🇳🇱 Dennenspanner ·Bupalus piniaria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The bordered white ( Bupalus piniaria ), also known as the pine looper , is a moth of the geometer moth family (Geometridae). Among these, it belongs to tribe Bupalini of the subfamily Ennominae. B. piniaria is a common species throughout the western Palearctic region, the Near East and North Africa. g. the northern Balkans – is doubtful.

base stats

NL sightings 61iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,932iNaturalist 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).