#2821 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Gold-ribbon Argent
🇳🇱 Sierlijke pedaalmot ·Argyresthia brockeella
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands
📍 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland
📍 Lisse, Nederland
📍 Pijlkruidkreek, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © altom · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © richardjaybee · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Schiermonnikoog, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Lisse, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Pijlkruidkreek, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, NL:© jaap_engberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Argyresthia brockeella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Europe, east Siberia and Japan.
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 39 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 543 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1813 (213 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Gold-ribbon Argent
- Nederlands
- Sierlijke pedaalmot
- scientific name
- Argyresthia brockeella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Argyresthiidae
- sightings in NL
- 39
- sightings in Europe
- 430
- sightings worldwide
- 543
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,827
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1813 by Jacob Hübner
relatives· Argyresthiidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324285, Wikidata Q1977004, GBIF 1830152, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.