#2953 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Waved Umber

🇳🇱 Zwartvlekspikkelspanner ·Menophra abruptaria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jean-Paul COAT · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jean-Paul COAT · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Drepanostoma · CC BY 4.0
5. © Fernando de Juana · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © motheaten · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 85000 La Roche-sur-Yon, France:© Ronan A. · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Voitsberg, Österreich:© flisar · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 34380 Argelliers, France:© Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
10. 22070 Binago CO, Italia:© Paola Casale · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Menophra abruptaria , the waved umber , is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in south-western North Africa, southern Europe and Anatolia, in the north, it is found from England to Switzerland and south-western Germany.

base stats

NL sightings 5iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,318iNaturalist 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).