#2638 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
The Miller
🇳🇱 Schaapje ·Acronicta leporina
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © lastovka · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © COLOMBO Raphaël · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Stephen James McWilliam · CC0
- 8. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Baranyi Tamás · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. © cossus · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The miller ( Acronicta leporina ) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The range extends from the South of Spain, Central Italy and Bulgaria to Scotland and Central Scandinavia, crossing the Arctic circle in Finland and Norway. Outside Europe it is only known in North Africa.
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 90 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,705 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- The Miller
- Nederlands
- Schaapje
- scientific name
- Acronicta leporina
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- sightings in NL
- 90
- sightings in Europe
- 3,240
- sightings worldwide
- 3,705
- GBIF records in NL
- 7,928
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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#2414 📷 10Setaceous Hebrew Character
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#2423 📷 10Flounced Rustic
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👀 605 in NL
#2428 📷 10Lesser Yellow Underwing
🇳🇱 Volgeling
Noctua comes
👀 578 in NL
#2429 📷 9Knot Grass Moth
🇳🇱 Zuringuil
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👀 538 in NL
#2439 📷 10Square-spot Rustic
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👀 483 in NL
#2440 📷 10Flame Shoulder Moth
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👀 455 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 460218, Wikidata Q1536587, GBIF 1783043, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.