#2611 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Lunar Underwing

🇳🇱 Maansikkeluil ·Agrochola lunosa

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © simondenis142857 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Tony Morris · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Andreas Manz · CC0
5. 7735 Arrien, Nederland:© Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
7. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Lange Dreef, Culemborg, Gelderland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Steenovenslaan, Culemborg, Gelderland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland:© Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The lunar underwing ( Omphaloscelis lunosa ) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It has a scattered distribution in western Europe including Spain, Scandinavia and Algeria.

base stats

NL sightings 108iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,606iNaturalist 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).