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Elderberry Pearl

🇳🇱 Gewone coronamot ·Anania coronata

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

what is it?

Anania coronata , the elderberry pearl , elder pearl , or crowned Phlyctaenia , is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in the northern parts of the Palearctic ecozone. It was previously also listed for the Nearctic ecozone. The species closely resembles Anania stachydalis .

base stats

  • NL sightings 67iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,963iNaturalist 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 67 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,963 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767 (259 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Elderberry Pearl
Nederlands
Gewone coronamot
scientific name
Anania coronata
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Crambidae
sightings in NL
67
sightings in Europe
2,524
sightings worldwide
2,963
GBIF records in NL
8,124
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1767 by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel

relatives· Crambidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 491390, Wikidata Q505401, GBIF 8537359, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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