skip to content

#2486 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Common Grass-veneer

🇳🇱 Variabele grasmot ·Agriphila tristella

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Common Grass-veneer, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Sławomir Pietrzyk · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Agriphila tristella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe and the western part of Asia.

base stats

  • NL sightings 281iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 18,112iNaturalist 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 281 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 18,112 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Common Grass-veneer
Nederlands
Variabele grasmot
scientific name
Agriphila tristella
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Crambidae
sightings in NL
281
sightings in Europe
11,971
sightings worldwide
18,112
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1775 by Ignaz Schiffermüller

relatives· Crambidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 325426, Wikidata Q1310977, GBIF 4531511, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

stan runge 7f71e88 source