#2805 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Svensson's Copper Underwing
🇳🇱 Schijnpiramidevlinder ·Amphipyra berbera
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what is it?
Svensson's copper underwing ( Amphipyra berbera ) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Charles E. Rungs in 1949. It is distributed throughout Europe including Russia east to the Urals.
base stats
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 42 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,805 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Svensson's Copper Underwing
- Nederlands
- Schijnpiramidevlinder
- scientific name
- Amphipyra berbera
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- sightings in NL
- 42
- sightings in Europe
- 2,058
- sightings worldwide
- 3,805
- GBIF records in NL
- 732
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Noctuidae
#2388 📷 7Large Yellow Underwing
🇳🇱 Huismoeder
Noctua pronuba
👀 3.2k in NL
#2396 📷 10Silver Υ
🇳🇱 Gamma-uil
Autographa gamma
👀 1.7k in NL
#2414 📷 10Setaceous Hebrew Character
🇳🇱 Zwarte-c-uil
Xestia c-nigrum
👀 704 in NL
#2423 📷 10Flounced Rustic
🇳🇱 Gewone grasuil
Luperina testacea
👀 605 in NL
#2428 📷 10Lesser Yellow Underwing
🇳🇱 Volgeling
Noctua comes
👀 578 in NL
#2429 📷 9Knot Grass Moth
🇳🇱 Zuringuil
Acronicta rumicis
👀 538 in NL
#2439 📷 10Square-spot Rustic
🇳🇱 Vierkantvlekuil
Xestia xanthographa
👀 483 in NL
#2440 📷 10Flame Shoulder Moth
🇳🇱 Haarbos
Ochropleura plecta
👀 455 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 325248, Wikidata Q780414, GBIF 1766128, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.