#3054 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Blair's Mocha

🇳🇱 Oranjerode oogspanner ·Cyclophora puppillaria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Fernando de Juana · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © jacinta lluch valero · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Fernando de Juana · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Suso Tizón · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Blair's mocha ( Cyclophora puppillaria ) is a moth of the Geometridae family. The species can be found in Europe and from North Africa up to the Caucasus area.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,456iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,456 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1799 (227 years ago).