#2937 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Bright Wave
🇳🇱 Okergele spanner ·Idaea ochrata
📍 Лозята, Сливен, България
📍 Ancona, Italien
📍 Birkweiler, Deutschland
📍 Jennersdorf, Österreich
📍 Monte Romano, Lazio, IT
📍 Център, Болгария
📍 58055 Semproniano GR, Italia
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Drepanostoma · CC BY 4.0
- 4. Лозята, Сливен, България:© Росица Делчева ППМГ Сливен · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Ancona, Italien:© Konrad Zobel · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. Birkweiler, Deutschland:© R. Ziebarth · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Jennersdorf, Österreich:© lastovka · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Monte Romano, Lazio, IT:© rcaccia · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Център, Болгария:© katunchik · CC BY 4.0
- 10. 58055 Semproniano GR, Italia:© lucapassalacqua · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Idaea ochrata , the bright wave , 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 9 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,541 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Bright Wave
- Nederlands
- Okergele spanner
- scientific name
- Idaea ochrata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 9
- sightings in Europe
- 5,092
- sightings worldwide
- 6,541
- GBIF records in NL
- 643
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
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 362140, Wikidata Q143148, GBIF 5147354, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.