#2741 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
The Phoenix
🇳🇱 Wortelhoutspanner ·Eulithis prunata
📍 Amsterdam, Oude Haagseweg
📍 Telderskade, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, NL
📍 Schijndel, Nederland
📍 Bennekom, Nederland
📍 6721 Bennekom, Nederland
📍 Leek, B. v Rasquertstraat, 9351 NC Tolbert, Netherlands
📍 Alkmaar, Netherlands
📍 Gelderland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © purperlibel · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Amsterdam, Oude Haagseweg:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Telderskade, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, NL:© thomasvaer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Schijndel, Nederland:© Josephine Beijer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 6721 Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Leek, B. v Rasquertstraat, 9351 NC Tolbert, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Alkmaar, Netherlands:© jarkeld · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Gelderland, NL:© invasive_nerd · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Eulithis prunata , the phoenix , is a moth of the genus Eulithis in 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 56 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,919 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- The Phoenix
- Nederlands
- Wortelhoutspanner
- scientific name
- Eulithis prunata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 56
- sightings in Europe
- 2,576
- sightings worldwide
- 2,919
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,703
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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#2408 📷 7Yellow Shell Moth
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Camptogramma bilineata
👀 893 in NL
#2409 📷 10Small Dusty Wave
🇳🇱 Paardenbloemspanner
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👀 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
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👀 435 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324583, Wikidata Q1265903, GBIF 1965825, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.