#2719 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Dorset Cream Wave

🇳🇱 Drievlekspanner ·Stegania trimaculata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Suso Tizón · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Suso Tizón · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. 5855 Well, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
7. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 6107 Stevensweert, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Velp, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Goirle, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Stegania trimaculata , the Dorset cream wave , is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe, mainly in Southern Europe, but the moths range has expanded in recent years.

base stats

NL sightings 60iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,747iNaturalist 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).