#2396 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Silver Υ
🇳🇱 Gamma-uil ·Autographa gamma
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what is it?
The Silver Y ( Autographa gamma ) is a migratory moth of the family Noctuidae which is named for the silvery Y-shaped mark on each of its forewings.
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 1,665 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #12 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
- 63,438 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Silver Υ
- Nederlands
- Gamma-uil
- scientific name
- Autographa gamma
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- sightings in NL
- 1,665
- sightings in Europe
- 54,906
- sightings worldwide
- 63,438
- GBIF records in NL
- 217,212
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Noctuidae
#2388 📷 7Large Yellow Underwing
🇳🇱 Huismoeder
Noctua pronuba
👀 3.2k in NL
#2414 📷 10Setaceous Hebrew Character
🇳🇱 Zwarte-c-uil
Xestia c-nigrum
👀 704 in NL
#2423 📷 10Flounced Rustic
🇳🇱 Gewone grasuil
Luperina testacea
👀 605 in NL
#2428 📷 10Lesser Yellow Underwing
🇳🇱 Volgeling
Noctua comes
👀 578 in NL
#2429 📷 9Knot Grass Moth
🇳🇱 Zuringuil
Acronicta rumicis
👀 538 in NL
#2439 📷 10Square-spot Rustic
🇳🇱 Vierkantvlekuil
Xestia xanthographa
👀 483 in NL
#2440 📷 10Flame Shoulder Moth
🇳🇱 Haarbos
Ochropleura plecta
👀 455 in NL
#2446 📷 10Cloaked Minor
🇳🇱 Zandhalmuiltje
Mesoligia furuncula
👀 420 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 55651, Wikidata Q839039, GBIF 1792418, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.