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Barred Grass-veneer

🇳🇱 Zwartvlekgrasmot ·Agriphila inquinatella

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Barred Grass-veneer, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Heiner Ziegler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Agriphila inquinatella is a small moth species of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, around the Caucasus area to Turkestan, and in the Near East to Jordan.

base stats

  • NL sightings 131iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 8,450iNaturalist 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 131 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 8,450 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Michael Denis in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Barred Grass-veneer
Nederlands
Zwartvlekgrasmot
scientific name
Agriphila inquinatella
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Crambidae
sightings in NL
131
sightings in Europe
5,626
sightings worldwide
8,450
GBIF records in NL
4,220
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1775 by Michael Denis

relatives· Crambidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 363626, Wikidata Q1948996, GBIF 1878895, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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