#3045 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Purple-barred Yellow

🇳🇱 Purperspanner ·Lythria purpuraria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Pavel Vojtek · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Shamil Murtazin · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ryzhkov Oleg · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Roman Prokhorov · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. район Алихана Бокейханова, 100000 Караганда, Казахстан:© Alyona Kaptyonkina · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Parvomay, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
7. Primorsko, Bulgaria:© katunchik · CC BY 4.0
8. Ořechová, Most, Ústecký kraj, CZ:© kyselinasirova · CC BY 4.0
9. Kecskemét, Műkertváros, 6000 Hungary:© Lili Lajtár · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 4292 Dobri Dol, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Lythria purpuraria , the purple-barred yellow , is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from western Europe to Siberia, Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,244iNaturalist 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.
5,244 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).