#3153 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Common Tan Wave

Pleuroprucha insulsaria

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

1. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Ilona · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Scott King · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © tybird99 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © krancmm · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Bill Keim · CC BY 4.0
7. © Jesse Christopherson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Pleuroprucha insulsaria , the common tan wave moth , is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and Colorado and north to Ontario. It ranges south through Mexico and Central America into South America (including Venezuela) and has been recorded as far south as the Galapagos Islands. It has also been recorded from the West Indies, including Jamaica.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 28,490iNaturalist 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.
28,490 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Achille Guenée in 1857 (169 years ago).