Clouded border: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the clouded border lives – recorded in 16 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lomaspilis marginata
Group	Butterflies & moths
Found in	16 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Geometridae

Where does the clouded border live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the clouded border in 16 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the clouded border?

The clouded border (Lomaspilis marginata) is an insect in the order Lepidoptera and the family Geometridae, genus Lomaspilis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the clouded border

The clouded border (Lomaspilis marginata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is distributed across most of Europe to the Urals, western and central Siberia, Transbaikalia, Kazakhstan, Tian-Shan, northern Mongolia and parts of the Near East.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Clouded border (revision 1365797040), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1969405 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).