#2429 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Knot Grass Moth

🇳🇱 Zuringuil ·Acronicta rumicis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Acronicta rumicis , the knot grass moth , is a moth which is part of the genus Acronicta and family Noctuidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae . It is found in the Palearctic region. A. rumicis lives and feeds on plants located in wide-open areas. At its larval stage, as a caterpillar, it causes such a large impact as a crop pest that it has received much attention and...

base stats

NL sightings 538iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 34,428iNaturalist 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 538 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #45 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
34,428 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).