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#2731 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Barred Red

🇳🇱 Rode dennenspanner ·Hylaea fasciaria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Barred Red, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

Hylaea fasciaria , the barred red , is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found in Central and North Europe, Urals, Caucasus, Altai and East Siberia.

base stats

  • NL sightings 58iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,715iNaturalist 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

  • Spotted 58 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,715 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Barred Red
Nederlands
Rode dennenspanner
scientific name
Hylaea fasciaria
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Geometridae
sightings in NL
58
sightings in Europe
2,498
sightings worldwide
2,715
GBIF records in NL
8,511
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Geometridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 322808, Wikidata Q232275, GBIF 5143651, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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