#2954 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Mouse Moth
🇳🇱 Boksbaardvlinder ·Amphipyra tragopoginis
📍 4292 Dobri Dol, Bulgaria
📍 Sommerstedvej v Bjerndrup Bygade, 6070 Christiansfeld, Danmark
📍 89020 Sinopoli RC, Italia
📍 4292 Dobri Dol, Bulgaria
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Julien Bottinelli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Nancy Mullin · CC0
- 3. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © naturalhistoryman · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 7. 4292 Dobri Dol, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Sommerstedvej v Bjerndrup Bygade, 6070 Christiansfeld, Danmark:© Aleks Lund. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 89020 Sinopoli RC, Italia:© michi100 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 4292 Dobri Dol, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The mouse moth ( Amphipyra tragopoginis ) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a widespread species with a Holarctic distribution.
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 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,559 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759 (267 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Mouse Moth
- Nederlands
- Boksbaardvlinder
- scientific name
- Amphipyra tragopoginis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- sightings in NL
- 5
- sightings in Europe
- 3,410
- sightings worldwide
- 5,559
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,710
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1759 by Carl Alexander Clerck
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Noctua pronuba
👀 3.2k in NL
#2396 📷 10Silver Υ
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👀 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
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👀 455 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 127564, Wikidata Q1258034, GBIF 1766210, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.