#2758 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Elbow-striped Grass-veneer

🇳🇱 Gepijlde grasmot ·Agriphila geniculea

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0
3. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Rino · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
10. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Agriphila geniculea , the elbow-striped grass-veneer , is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811.

base stats

NL sightings 52iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,128iNaturalist 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).