#3051 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Idaea filicata

Idaea filicata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © A Lamberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © salvatore_infanti · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Domaszék, 6781 Hungary:© Lili Lajtár · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Варна, Болгария:© victorsh · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Лозята, Сливен, България:© Росица Делчева ППМГ Сливен · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 06360 Èze, Frankreich:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. Sorgues, France:© Océanne SI-SAID-BERRET · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Idaea filicata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Southern Europe and the Near East.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,520iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,520 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1799 (227 years ago).