Speckled Yellow

Pseudopanthera macularia

Speckled Yellow (Pseudopanthera macularia)
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Pseudopanthera macularia, the speckled yellow, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula through Western and Central Europe and the British Isles and Russia to the Urals. Its range extends North to South Fennoscandia, in the South from the Western Mediterranean islands and Italy and the Balkan Peninsula to the Black Sea region and the Caucasus. From Asia Minor it extends East through the rest of the Palearctic to Transbaikal. Source

Where it is now

No records in the last 8 weeks. It may be out of season where the observers and sensors are.

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Movement and weather

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 45°N in April to 62°N in June, about 1,900 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

RegionFirst arrivalLast arrivalTypical peakAreas
Europe20 April 202620 April 202611 May 20261

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.