#2658 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Marbled Grass-veneer

🇳🇱 Zwartbruine vlakjesmot ·Catoptria verellus

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
2. 5694 Breugel, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 5694 Breugel, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Lekdijk West, Beusichem, Gelderland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
7. Wageningen, Netherlands:© Thijs Valkenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 5694 Breugel, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 5694 Breugel, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Catoptria verellus is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 84iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,463iNaturalist observations

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 84 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
1,463 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1817 (209 years ago).