#2923 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Knapweed Root Moth

🇳🇱 Kanariepietje ·Agapeta zoegana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Palamarchuk Yuri · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Kestrel Point Natural Area, Aurora, CO, US:© Ryu Sykes · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Dera-szurdok, Csobánka, 2014 Hungary:© Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 27100 Fonsagrada, Lugo, España:© Alejandro Ocampo · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 69390 Millery, France:© Céline · CC BY 4.0
9. Leipziger Auwald, Leipzig, Sachsen, DE:© Alexander Görlt · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 30034 Mira VE, Italia:© Luca Sattin · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Agapeta zoegana is a species of moth known as the sulphur knapweed moth and the yellow-winged knapweed root moth . It is used as an agent of biological pest control against noxious knapweeds, particularly spotted knapweed ( Centaurea maculosa ) and diffuse knapweed ( Centaurea diffusa ).

base stats

NL sightings 17iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,801iNaturalist 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).