---
title: "Paardenbloemspanner"
description: "Idaea seriata — Insecten en spinnen. The small dusty wave (Idaea seriata) is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/small-dusty-wave
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Paardenbloemspanner

> Idaea seriata — Insecten en spinnen. The small dusty wave (Idaea seriata) is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802.

- Scientific name: *Idaea seriata*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 22708
- Wikidata: [Q143082](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q143082)
- iNaturalist taxon: [322983](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/322983)

## Names

- en: Small Dusty Wave
- de: Grauer Zwergspanner
- fr: Vieillie
- nl: Paardenbloemspanner

## Countries with the most observations

GB (4724), DE (3054), FR (2702), IT (1472), AT (1051), NL (880), DK (757), BE (533), HU (471), PL (454), CH (442), ES (433)

## Summary

The small dusty wave (Idaea seriata) is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. It is found throughout Western, Central and Northern Europe. In the north, its range extends as far as Denmark and southern Scandinavia. In the east its range extends as far as Russia (Moscow or Veliky Novgorod). Idaea seriata is replaced by the subspecies Idaea seriata canteneraria, from the north-east of Spain and the central and eastern Mediterranean (including the islands, except Crete) to the Crimean peninsula, while the western Mediterranean and the Balearic Islands are inhabited by the…

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

## Photo

![Paardenbloemspanner](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-dusty-wave/medium.jpg)

Photo: Pietro Maiorana Montes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105270909

## Machine access

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