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title: "Ectropis"
description: "Ectropis crepuscularia — Insecten en spinnen. The engrailed and small engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia) are moths of the family Geometridae found from the British Isles through central and eastern Europe to the Russian Far East and Kazakhstan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/small-engrailed
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ectropis

> Ectropis crepuscularia — Insecten en spinnen. The engrailed and small engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia) are moths of the family Geometridae found from the British Isles through central and eastern Europe to the Russian Far East and Kazakhstan.

- Scientific name: *Ectropis crepuscularia*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 27694
- Wikidata: [Q46097](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46097)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143009](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143009)

## Names

- en: Small Engrailed
- de: Zackenbindiger Rindenspanner
- fr: Boarmie crépusculaire
- nl: Ectropis

## Countries with the most observations

US (7348), CA (3518), DE (1360), RU (1101), GB (1064), FR (925), AT (775), DK (666), PL (537), ES (511), NL (485), IT (408)

## Summary

The engrailed and small engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia) are moths of the family Geometridae found from the British Isles through central and eastern Europe to the Russian Far East and Kazakhstan. The western Mediterranean and  Asia Minor and the Caucasus represent the southern limit of the distribution (with the Balkan countries). In the north, the distribution area ends at the Arctic Circle. It also occurs in North America. Debate exists as to whether they make up one species, or whether E. crepuscularia actually refers only to the small engrailed, with the engrailed proper being separable as E. bistortata.
The…

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

## Photo

![Ectropis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-engrailed/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/269012515

## Machine access

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