#2591 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Large Tabby
🇳🇱 Vetmot ·Aglossa pinguinalis
📍 9971 CR Ulrum, Nederland
📍 Wassenaar, Nederland
📍 Wassenaar, Nederland
📍 Ede, Nederland
📍 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 Havelte, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Steve Pelikan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Anita Gould · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Céline · CC BY 4.0
- 5. 9971 CR Ulrum, Nederland:© Rob Olivier · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Havelte, Nederland:© René Manger · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Aglossa pinguinalis , also known as the large tabby and grease moth , is a moth in the Pyralinae subfamily.
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 123 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 8,727 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Large Tabby
- Nederlands
- Vetmot
- scientific name
- Aglossa pinguinalis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Pyralidae
- sightings in NL
- 123
- sightings in Europe
- 3,939
- sightings worldwide
- 8,727
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,300
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 212729, Wikidata Q1409334, GBIF 1877941, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.