#2877 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Toadflax Brocade Moth
🇳🇱 Vlasbekuiltje ·Calophasia lunula
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what is it?
Calophasia lunula is a species of noctuid moth known by the common names toadflax moth and toadflax brocade moth . It is used as an agent of biological pest control against yellow toadflax ( Linaria vulgaris ) and Dalmatian toadflax ( Linaria genistifolia ssp. dalmatica ) in areas where they are considered noxious weeds, such as in North America.
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 30 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,922 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766 (260 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Toadflax Brocade Moth
- Nederlands
- Vlasbekuiltje
- scientific name
- Calophasia lunula
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- sightings in NL
- 30
- sightings in Europe
- 3,006
- sightings worldwide
- 5,922
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,712
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766 by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 215780, Wikidata Q690684, GBIF 1796463, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.