#2509 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Turnip Moth

🇳🇱 Gewone velduil ·Agrotis segetum

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The turnip moth ( Agrotis segetum ) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a common European species, but it is also found in Asia and Africa, very likely having been spread by the international trade in nursery stock. It is a cutworm in the genus Agrotis , which possibly is the genus that includes the largest number of species of cutworms.

base stats

NL sightings 217iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 18,398iNaturalist 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).