#2620 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Bronze Alder Moth
🇳🇱 Berkenpedaalmot ·Argyresthia goedartella
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Lisse, Nederland
📍 Hilversum, Nederland
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands
📍 Zuid-Holland, Nederland
📍 9351 Leek, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Thomas Brooks · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Gaell Mainguy · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © Pekka Malinen · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. Lisse, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Hilversum, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 9351 Leek, Nederland:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Argyresthia goedartella , the bronze alder moth , is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae.
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 101 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,743 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Bronze Alder Moth
- Nederlands
- Berkenpedaalmot
- scientific name
- Argyresthia goedartella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Argyresthiidae
- sightings in NL
- 101
- sightings in Europe
- 2,314
- sightings worldwide
- 2,743
- GBIF records in NL
- 7,823
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Argyresthiidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 214138, Wikidata Q147790, GBIF 1830125, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.