#2420 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Pale Tussock Moth
🇳🇱 Meriansborstel ·Calliteara pudibunda
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- 10. © Sepp Schmid · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Calliteara pudibunda ( pale tussock ) is a moth of the family Lymantriidae. It is found in Europe and Anatolia.
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 660 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #36 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
- 28,588 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Pale Tussock Moth
- Nederlands
- Meriansborstel
- scientific name
- Calliteara pudibunda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Erebidae
- sightings in NL
- 660
- sightings in Europe
- 26,950
- sightings worldwide
- 28,588
- GBIF records in NL
- 39,004
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 205294, Wikidata Q45508, GBIF 1819145, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.