#2633 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Grey Knot-horn

🇳🇱 Mutsjeslichtmot ·Acrobasis advenella

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jerzy Strzelecki · CC BY 4.0
2. © Luigi Andena · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ben Sale · CC BY 4.0
4. © Kjeld Brem · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © bakkasv · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Pieterburen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
8. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Acrobasis advenella is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis . It was described by Zincken in 1818. It is found in most of Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 93iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,838iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 93 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
3,838 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1818 (208 years ago).