#2473 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Winter Moth

🇳🇱 Kleine wintervlinder ·Operophtera brumata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The winter moth ( Operophtera brumata ) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is an abundant species of Europe and the Near East and one of very few Lepidoptera of temperate regions in which adults are active in late fall and early winter. The female of this species is virtually wingless and cannot fly, but the male is fully winged and flies strongly. After the initial frosts of late fall, the females walk to and up...

base stats

NL sightings 330iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 18,580iNaturalist 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).