#2793 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Little Emerald
🇳🇱 Melkwitte zomervlinder ·Jodis lactearia
📍 Wageningen, NL-GE, NL
📍 Dwingeloo, Netherlands
📍 Natuurcamping De Hoogte, Eesveen, Overijssel, NL
📍 6721 Bennekom, Nederland
📍 Havelte, Nederland
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Suso Tizón · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. Wageningen, NL-GE, NL:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Dwingeloo, Netherlands:© wilcom · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Natuurcamping De Hoogte, Eesveen, Overijssel, NL:© Gideon van Melle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 6721 Bennekom, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Havelte, Nederland:© René Manger · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Jodis lactearia , the little emerald , is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic ecozone from Ireland to Japan.
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 45 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,560 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Little Emerald
- Nederlands
- Melkwitte zomervlinder
- scientific name
- Jodis lactearia
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 45
- sightings in Europe
- 1,176
- sightings worldwide
- 1,560
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,697
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
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👀 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
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👀 435 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 475342, Wikidata Q2476086, GBIF 1978065, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.