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Small Rivulet

🇳🇱 Hennepnetelspanner ·Perizoma alchemillata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Small Rivulet, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © ALLEMAND Guillaume · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Perizoma alchemillata , the small rivulet , is a moth of the genus Perizoma in the family Geometridae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 87iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 5,890iNaturalist 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

  • Spotted 87 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 5,890 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Small Rivulet
Nederlands
Hennepnetelspanner
scientific name
Perizoma alchemillata
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Geometridae
sightings in NL
87
sightings in Europe
4,062
sightings worldwide
5,890
GBIF records in NL
9,555
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Geometridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 201403, Wikidata Q1310453, GBIF 1972250, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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