#2718 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Purple Bar
🇳🇱 Blauwbandspanner ·Cosmorhoe ocellata
📍 6718 SK Ede, Netherlands
📍 Wassenaar, Nederland
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Strandresort, 9166 NE Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 Usquert, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Fernando de Juana · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 6. 6718 SK Ede, Netherlands:© Daniel Onneweer · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Schiermonnikoog, Strandresort, 9166 NE Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Usquert, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Cosmorhoe ocellata , the purple bar , is a moth of the family Geometridae.
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 60 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,923 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1825 (201 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Purple Bar
- Nederlands
- Blauwbandspanner
- scientific name
- Cosmorhoe ocellata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 60
- sightings in Europe
- 4,633
- sightings worldwide
- 4,923
- GBIF records in NL
- 6,998
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1825 by Jacob Hübner
relatives· Geometridae
#2406 📷 8Riband Wave
🇳🇱 Grijze stipspanner
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 321977, Wikidata Q1306112, GBIF 1970213, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.