#2554 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Sycamore Moth
🇳🇱 Bont schaapje ·Acronicta aceris
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what is it?
The sycamore ( Acronicta aceris ) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed through most of Europe, from central England south to Morocco. To the east it is found from the Near East and Middle East to West Asia.
base stats
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 156 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 9,459 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Sycamore Moth
- Nederlands
- Bont schaapje
- scientific name
- Acronicta aceris
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- sightings in NL
- 156
- sightings in Europe
- 8,346
- sightings worldwide
- 9,459
- GBIF records in NL
- 7,637
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 135282, Wikidata Q402422, GBIF 1782763, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.