#2688 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Dark Crimson Underwing
🇳🇱 Karmozijnrood weeskind ·Catocala sponsa
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what is it?
Catocala sponsa , the dark crimson underwing , is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Europe, North Africa and from Anatolia up to the Caucasus.
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 71 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,511 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Dark Crimson Underwing
- Nederlands
- Karmozijnrood weeskind
- scientific name
- Catocala sponsa
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Erebidae
- sightings in NL
- 71
- sightings in Europe
- 1,035
- sightings worldwide
- 1,511
- GBIF records in NL
- 8,461
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1767
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 128245, Wikidata Q1086871, GBIF 1797367, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.