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#2481 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Northern Wave Moth

🇳🇱 Bruine grijsbandspanner ·Cabera exanthemata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © gailhampshire · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  3. 3. © Andrzej Chruślak · CC BY 4.0
  4. 4. 9717 BB Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
  6. 6. Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
  7. 7. Schiermonnikoog, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
  9. 9. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
  10. 10. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
Northern Wave Moth, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common wave ( Cabera exanthemata ) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East.

base stats

  • NL sightings 298iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 7,575iNaturalist 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 298 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 7,575 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Northern Wave Moth
Nederlands
Bruine grijsbandspanner
scientific name
Cabera exanthemata
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Geometridae
sightings in NL
298
sightings in Europe
5,208
sightings worldwide
7,575
GBIF records in NL
32,229
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Geometridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 130099, Wikidata Q902187, GBIF 5143675, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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