#2582 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Satin Wave

🇳🇱 Satijnstipspanner ·Idaea subsericeata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Ben Sale · CC BY 4.0
2. © Kai Löhr · CC BY 4.0
3. © Riccardo Molajoli · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Heiner Ziegler · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Goirle, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 3431 RL Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. 3992 SK Houten, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Idaea subsericeata , the satin wave , is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Central and South Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor to Transcaspia.

base stats

NL sightings 127iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,192iNaturalist 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).