#2474 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Green Longhorn Moth
🇳🇱 Smaragdlangsprietmot ·Adela reaumurella
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Bart Wursten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Céline · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. © Walwyn · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. © Walwyn · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 8. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Andrew Thomas · CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The green longhorn ( Adela reaumurella ) is a lepidopteran from the moth family Adelidae, the fairy longhorn moths.
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 323 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 10,200 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Green Longhorn Moth
- Nederlands
- Smaragdlangsprietmot
- scientific name
- Adela reaumurella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Adelidae
- sightings in NL
- 323
- sightings in Europe
- 9,101
- sightings worldwide
- 10,200
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Adelidae
#2433 📷 7Yellow-barred Longhorn
🇳🇱 Geelbandlangsprietmot
Nemophora degeerella
👀 520 in NL
#2613 📷 10Meadow Longhorn
🇳🇱 Pinksterbloemlangsprietmot
Cauchas rufimitrella
👀 108 in NL
#2872 📷 10Large Longhorn
🇳🇱 Bleke langsprietmot
Nematopogon swammerdamella
👀 31 in NL
#2942 📷 7Brassy Longhorn
🇳🇱 Gouden langsprietmot
Nemophora metallica
👀 8 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 56203, Wikidata Q133487, GBIF 1860973, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.