#3020 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Lewes Wave

🇳🇱 Donkere prachtstipspanner ·Scopula immorata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Sławomir Pietrzyk · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © David Short · CC BY 4.0
6. 789 01, Zborov, Olmütz, CZ:© mephi · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Jennersdorf, Österreich:© lastovka · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Pašiliai, Lietuva:© dangara · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Jennersdorf, Österreich:© lastovka · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Kosanin dolMladost, Pancharevo, Bulgaria:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

Scopula immorata , the Lewes wave , is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe and the Near East.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,909iNaturalist 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.
7,909 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).