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Yellow-line Quaker

🇳🇱 Geelbruine herfstuil ·Agrochola macilenta

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Yellow-line Quaker, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Yellow-line Quaker (Agrochola macilenta) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe except Russia and Asia Minor.

base stats

  • NL sightings 30iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 3,035iNaturalist 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 30 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 3,035 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1809 (217 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Yellow-line Quaker
Nederlands
Geelbruine herfstuil
scientific name
Agrochola macilenta
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Noctuidae
sightings in NL
30
sightings in Europe
2,745
sightings worldwide
3,035
GBIF records in NL
5,322
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1809 by Jacob Hübner

relatives· Noctuidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 372115, Wikidata Q783235, GBIF 1790072, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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