#2867 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
May Highflyer
🇳🇱 Groenbandspanner ·Hydriomena impluviata
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what is it?
The May highflyer ( Hydriomena impluviata ) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found across the Palearctic region and the Near East although its range is largely determined by the presence of its larval food plant.
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 32 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,236 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Michael Denis in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- May Highflyer
- Nederlands
- Groenbandspanner
- scientific name
- Hydriomena impluviata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 32
- sightings in Europe
- 913
- sightings worldwide
- 1,236
- GBIF records in NL
- 8,505
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Michael Denis
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324925, Wikidata Q1945698, GBIF 1979308, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.