#2606 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Tawny-barred Angle

🇳🇱 Gerimpelde spanner ·Macaria liturata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © thomas_messner · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Kjeld Brem · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © brudermann · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © motheaten · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Arūnas Juknevičius · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Татьяна · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Gelderland, NL:© Thijs Valkenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Goirle, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Doldersum, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Macaria liturata , the tawny-barred angle , is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759 and it is found throughout Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 115iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,048iNaturalist 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).