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title: "Metaalvlinder"
description: "Adscita statices — Insecten en spinnen. Adscita statices, (also known as the forester and the green forester), is a day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/green-forester-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Metaalvlinder

> Adscita statices — Insecten en spinnen. Adscita statices, (also known as the forester and the green forester), is a day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae.

- Scientific name: *Adscita statices*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 7975
- Wikidata: [Q338461](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338461)
- iNaturalist taxon: [333243](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/333243)

## Names

- en: Green Forester Moth
- de: Ampfer-Grünwidderchen
- fr: Procris de l'Oseille
- nl: Metaalvlinder
- pl: Lśniak szmaragdek

## Countries with the most observations

DK (1038), DE (528), CZ (314), PL (225), GB (195), LT (193), RU (150), SE (124), IL (102), FI (97), FR (83), CH (79)

## Summary

Adscita statices, (also known as the forester and the green forester), is a day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae. First described by the Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758, it is found in Asia and Europe.

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

## Photo

![Metaalvlinder](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-forester-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Claude Pepin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121893182

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-forester-moth?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).