#2516 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Zuringspanner
Lythria cruentaria
📍 Ede, Nederland
📍 5266 Cromvoirt, Nederland
📍 Nationaal Park De Maasduinen, Wellerlooi, Limburg, NL
📍 Ede, Nederland
📍 Bargerveen, Klazienaveen, Drenthe, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Jantinus · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Baranyi Tamás · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. Ede, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 7. 5266 Cromvoirt, Nederland:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Nationaal Park De Maasduinen, Wellerlooi, Limburg, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 9. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Bargerveen, Klazienaveen, Drenthe, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
what is it?
Lythria cruentaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be 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 198 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,258 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767 (259 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Zuringspanner
- scientific name
- Lythria cruentaria
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 198
- sightings in Europe
- 2,872
- sightings worldwide
- 3,258
- GBIF records in NL
- 21,309
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1767 by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel
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👀 725 in NL
#2418 📷 10Double-striped Pug
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👀 668 in NL
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👀 509 in NL
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 466374, Wikidata Q474584, GBIF 1959735, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.