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#2406 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Riband Wave

🇳🇱 Grijze stipspanner ·Idaea aversata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
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what is it?

The riband wave (Idaea aversata) is a moth of the family Geometridae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 977iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 34,252iNaturalist 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 977 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #22 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
  • 34,252 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Riband Wave
Nederlands
Grijze stipspanner
scientific name
Idaea aversata
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Geometridae
sightings in NL
977
sightings in Europe
32,384
sightings worldwide
34,252
GBIF records in NL
89,021
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Geometridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 123658, Wikidata Q137324, GBIF 5146559, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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