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title: "Common Heath"
description: "Ematurga atomaria — Insects & spiders. Ematurga atomaria, the common heath, is a moth of the family Geometridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-heath
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Heath

> Ematurga atomaria — Insects & spiders. Ematurga atomaria, the common heath, is a moth of the family Geometridae.

- Scientific name: *Ematurga atomaria*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 28937
- Wikidata: [Q1594285](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1594285)
- iNaturalist taxon: [354801](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/354801)

## Names

- en: Common Heath
- de: Heideland-Tagspanner
- fr: Phalène picotée
- nl: Gewone heispanner
- pl: Poproch pylinkowiak

## Countries with the most observations

RU (3660), FR (3209), DE (3061), AT (2994), IT (2528), FI (1652), GB (1414), CZ (1079), PL (1063), CH (852), UA (840), ES (754)

## Summary

Ematurga atomaria, the common heath, is a moth of the family Geometridae.
The species can be found in the Palearctic realm  from the Iberian Peninsula in the west, central and eastern Europe and east to Siberia and Sakhalin. In the south, its range includes the northern Mediterranean and the Turkish part of the Black Sea region.
The wingspan is 24–34 millimetres (0.9–1.3 in). The colour is variable ranging from yellow brown to dark brown. The appearance is mottled with bands and spots. The brown cross bands on both forewings and hindwings vary in width and there may be no cross bands at all only small dark brownish…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ematurga_atomaria

## Photo

![Common Heath](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-heath/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231181271

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-heath?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).