#2479 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Common Nettle-tap
🇳🇱 Brandnetelmot ·Anthophila fabriciana
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 6681 Bemmel, Nederland
📍 Nieuwegein, Nederland
📍 Ruige Hof Natuur Vereniging De
📍 3981 Bunnik, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Christopher Jonko · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © zmrdk · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Emanuele Santarelli · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. © Emanuele Santarelli · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 6681 Bemmel, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Ruige Hof Natuur Vereniging De:© Ron Rave · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 3981 Bunnik, Netherlands:© djhiker · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Anthophila fabriciana , also known as the common nettle-tap , is a moth of the family Choreutidae.
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 302 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 10,929 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Nettle-tap
- Nederlands
- Brandnetelmot
- scientific name
- Anthophila fabriciana
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Choreutidae
- sightings in NL
- 302
- sightings in Europe
- 8,085
- sightings worldwide
- 10,929
- GBIF records in NL
- 20,765
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1767
relatives· Choreutidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 321979, Wikidata Q2250651, GBIF 5123461, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.