#2933 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Lace Border
🇳🇱 Kantstipspanner ·Scopula ornata
📍 Център, Болгария
📍 4292 Dobri Dol, Bulgaria
📍 4292 Dobri dol, Bulgaria
📍 Provincia di Ararat, Armenia
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © ingridaltmann · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © ingridaltmann · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Aissa Djamel Filali · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. © Kostas Zontanos · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Център, Болгария:© katunchik · CC BY 4.0
- 8. 4292 Dobri Dol, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
- 9. 4292 Dobri dol, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Provincia di Ararat, Armenia:© Giuseppe Molinari · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Scopula ornata ( lace border ) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Europe, North Africa and the Near East.
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 10 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,977 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Lace Border
- Nederlands
- Kantstipspanner
- scientific name
- Scopula ornata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 10
- sightings in Europe
- 4,564
- sightings worldwide
- 4,977
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,583
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
relatives· Geometridae
#2406 📷 8Riband Wave
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👀 977 in NL
#2408 📷 7Yellow Shell Moth
🇳🇱 Gestreepte Goudspanner
Camptogramma bilineata
👀 893 in NL
#2409 📷 10Small Dusty Wave
🇳🇱 Paardenbloemspanner
Idaea seriata
👀 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
🇳🇱 Gewone spikkelspanner
Ectropis crepuscularia
👀 486 in NL
#2444 📷 10Brimstone Moth
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👀 435 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 450677, Wikidata Q137328, GBIF 5144805, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.