#2714 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Canary-shouldered Thorn
🇳🇱 Geelschouderspanner ·Ennomos alniaria
📍 5855 Well, Nederland
📍 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland
📍 Goeree-Overflakkee, Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, NL
📍 7921 Zuidwolde, Nederland
📍 9166 RW Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 Aalsumstraat, Tilburg, Brabant, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Thorsten Usée · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Krzysztof Frychel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0
- 5. 5855 Well, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Goeree-Overflakkee, Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, NL:© martijn33 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 7921 Zuidwolde, Nederland:© Olmen Vos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 9166 RW Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Aalsumstraat, Tilburg, Brabant, NL:© Jo Akker · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Ennomos alniaria , the canary-shouldered thorn , is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Europe.
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 61 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,745 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Canary-shouldered Thorn
- Nederlands
- Geelschouderspanner
- scientific name
- Ennomos alniaria
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 61
- sightings in Europe
- 3,353
- sightings worldwide
- 3,745
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,742
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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#2418 📷 10Double-striped Pug
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👀 668 in NL
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#2438 📷 10Small Engrailed
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 219175, Wikidata Q2490209, GBIF 1957845, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.