#2464 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Small Magpie
🇳🇱 Bonte brandnetelmot ·Anania hortulata
📍 Minervalaan, Rotterdam, South Holland, NL
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Lekkerkerk, Kool, 2941 AN Lekkerkerk, Nederland
📍 Pijlkruidkreek, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Barry Cottam · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © ingridaltmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Fyn Kynd · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. © Ray Simpson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Minervalaan, Rotterdam, South Holland, NL:© peter maaskant · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Lekkerkerk, Kool, 2941 AN Lekkerkerk, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. Pijlkruidkreek, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, NL:© jaap_engberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Anania hortulata , the small magpie , is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe and North America.
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 360 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 17,489 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Small Magpie
- Nederlands
- Bonte brandnetelmot
- scientific name
- Anania hortulata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 360
- sightings in Europe
- 13,153
- sightings worldwide
- 17,489
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Crambidae
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👀 1.3k in NL
#2407 📷 10Pearl Veneer
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Agriphila straminella
👀 974 in NL
#2411 📷 7Garden Grass-veneer
🇳🇱 Gewone grasmot
Chrysoteuchia culmella
👀 739 in NL
#2421 📷 9Mint Moth
🇳🇱 Muntvlindertje
Pyrausta aurata
👀 649 in NL
#2437 📷 10Small China-mark
🇳🇱 Kroosvlindertje
Cataclysta lemnata
👀 496 in NL
#2478 📷 7Small Grey
🇳🇱 Variabele granietmot
Eudonia mercurella
👀 303 in NL
#2486 📷 10Common Grass-veneer
🇳🇱 Variabele grasmot
Agriphila tristella
👀 281 in NL
#2487 📷 9Mother of Pearl
🇳🇱 Parelmoermot
Patania ruralis
👀 279 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 55638, Wikidata Q909453, GBIF 8462369, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.