#2804 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Lesser Cream Wave
🇳🇱 Bosspanner ·Scopula immutata
📍 Lexmond, Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, NL
📍 Haaksbergen, Nederland
📍 Ede, Nederland
📍 Udenhout, Nederland
📍 9351 Leek, Nederland
📍 Velp, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 4. Lexmond, Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 5. Haaksbergen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Udenhout, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. 9351 Leek, Nederland:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Velp, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Simon Hazenberg · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Scopula immutata , the lesser cream wave , is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Linnaeus in 1758. It is found throughout Europe.
base stats
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 42 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,915 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Lesser Cream Wave
- Nederlands
- Bosspanner
- scientific name
- Scopula immutata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 42
- sightings in Europe
- 2,904
- sightings worldwide
- 3,915
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,573
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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#2408 📷 7Yellow Shell Moth
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Camptogramma bilineata
👀 893 in NL
#2409 📷 10Small Dusty Wave
🇳🇱 Paardenbloemspanner
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👀 889 in NL
#2412 📷 10Willow Beauty
🇳🇱 Schaduwspikkelspanner
Peribatodes rhomboidaria
👀 725 in NL
#2418 📷 10Double-striped Pug
🇳🇱 Zwartkamdwergspanner
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
👀 668 in NL
#2435 📷 8Single-dotted Wave
🇳🇱 Vlekstipspanner
Idaea dimidiata
👀 509 in NL
#2438 📷 10Small Engrailed
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👀 486 in NL
#2444 📷 10Brimstone Moth
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👀 435 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 470486, Wikidata Q171386, GBIF 5145009, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.