#2628 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Small Scallop
🇳🇱 Geblokte stipspanner ·Idaea emarginata
📍 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands
📍 Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL
📍 5036 VJ Tilburg, Nederland
📍 1865 Bergen aan Zee, Nederland
📍 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Nederland
📍 9166 RP Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © David Short · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Andrew H · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 5036 VJ Tilburg, Nederland:© Wendy de Beer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 1865 Bergen aan Zee, Nederland:© Joey Bom · CC BY 4.0
- 8. 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 9. 9166 RP Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Idaea emarginata , the small scallop , is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is 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 96 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,434 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Small Scallop
- Nederlands
- Geblokte stipspanner
- scientific name
- Idaea emarginata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 96
- sightings in Europe
- 1,272
- sightings worldwide
- 1,434
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,684
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Geometridae
#2406 📷 8Riband Wave
🇳🇱 Grijze stipspanner
Idaea aversata
👀 977 in NL
#2408 📷 7Yellow Shell Moth
🇳🇱 Gestreepte Goudspanner
Camptogramma bilineata
👀 893 in NL
#2409 📷 10Small Dusty Wave
🇳🇱 Paardenbloemspanner
Idaea seriata
👀 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
🇳🇱 Hagedoornvlinder
Opisthograptis luteolata
👀 435 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 460201, Wikidata Q139960, GBIF 5147245, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.