#2437 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Small China-mark
🇳🇱 Kroosvlindertje ·Cataclysta lemnata
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Drepanostoma · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © katunchik · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Wolf-Achim and Hanna Roland · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Adrian Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Francis Birlenbach · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. © Jon J. Laysell · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Michele Moroni · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © eberhardklauck · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Cataclysta lemnata , the small china-mark , is a moth species of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe (including Great Britain and Ireland), Morocco and Iran.
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 496 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,102 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Small China-mark
- Nederlands
- Kroosvlindertje
- scientific name
- Cataclysta lemnata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 496
- sightings in Europe
- 4,567
- sightings worldwide
- 5,102
- GBIF records in NL
- 45,613
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Crambidae
#2401 📷 9Box Tree Moth
🇳🇱 Buxusmot
Cydalima perspectalis
👀 1.3k in NL
#2407 📷 10Pearl Veneer
🇳🇱 Blauwooggrasmot
Agriphila straminella
👀 974 in NL
#2411 📷 7Garden Grass-veneer
🇳🇱 Gewone grasmot
Chrysoteuchia culmella
👀 739 in NL
#2421 📷 9Mint Moth
🇳🇱 Muntvlindertje
Pyrausta aurata
👀 649 in NL
#2464 📷 10Small Magpie
🇳🇱 Bonte brandnetelmot
Anania hortulata
👀 360 in NL
#2478 📷 7Small Grey
🇳🇱 Variabele granietmot
Eudonia mercurella
👀 303 in NL
#2486 📷 10Common Grass-veneer
🇳🇱 Variabele grasmot
Agriphila tristella
👀 281 in NL
#2487 📷 9Mother of Pearl
🇳🇱 Parelmoermot
Patania ruralis
👀 279 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 133807, Wikidata Q2183333, GBIF 1872368, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.
