#2823 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Barred Yellow
🇳🇱 Oranje bruinbandspanner ·Cidaria fulvata
📍 9642 MB Veendam, Netherlands
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
📍 Noordwijk, Nederland
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
📍 Panovenweg, Zevenaar, Gelderland, NL
📍 Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
📍 Wulkenbank, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, NL
📍 6721 Bennekom, Nederland
📍 Drachten, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. 9642 MB Veendam, Netherlands:© fritzfritz · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Panovenweg, Zevenaar, Gelderland, NL:© Willem Noordzij · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Wulkenbank, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, NL:© ivowalsmit · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 6721 Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Drachten, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Cidaria fulvata , the barred yellow , is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Europe and Central Asia.
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 38 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,324 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Reinhold Forster in 1771 (255 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Barred Yellow
- Nederlands
- Oranje bruinbandspanner
- scientific name
- Cidaria fulvata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 38
- sightings in Europe
- 2,227
- sightings worldwide
- 2,324
- GBIF records in NL
- 6,942
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1771 by Johann Reinhold Forster
relatives· Geometridae
#2406 📷 8Riband Wave
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Idaea aversata
👀 977 in NL
#2408 📷 7Yellow Shell Moth
🇳🇱 Gestreepte Goudspanner
Camptogramma bilineata
👀 893 in NL
#2409 📷 10Small Dusty Wave
🇳🇱 Paardenbloemspanner
Idaea seriata
👀 889 in NL
#2412 📷 10Willow Beauty
🇳🇱 Schaduwspikkelspanner
Peribatodes rhomboidaria
👀 725 in NL
#2418 📷 10Double-striped Pug
🇳🇱 Zwartkamdwergspanner
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
👀 668 in NL
#2435 📷 8Single-dotted Wave
🇳🇱 Vlekstipspanner
Idaea dimidiata
👀 509 in NL
#2438 📷 10Small Engrailed
🇳🇱 Gewone spikkelspanner
Ectropis crepuscularia
👀 486 in NL
#2444 📷 10Brimstone Moth
🇳🇱 Hagedoornvlinder
Opisthograptis luteolata
👀 435 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 322804, Wikidata Q1499345, GBIF 5768880, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.