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#3137 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Large Maple Spanworm Moth

Prochoerodes lineola

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 outside Europe
Large Maple Spanworm Moth, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

Prochoerodes lineola , the large maple spanworm , is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and north to Alberta.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 32,557iNaturalist 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.
  • 32,557 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Large Maple Spanworm Moth
scientific name
Prochoerodes lineola
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Geometridae
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
32,557
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Geometridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 143518, Wikidata Q7247358, GBIF 1963848, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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