#2613 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Meadow Longhorn

🇳🇱 Pinksterbloemlangsprietmot ·Cauchas rufimitrella

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Mishanook · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jacobo Krauel · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Sandy__R · CC BY 4.0
5. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Ben Sale · CC BY 4.0
7. Heijendaal, 6525 Nijmegen, Netherlands:© Tia l'Amie · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Leiderdorp, Nederland:© jaap_engberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Cauchas rufimitrella is a diurnal lepidopteran from the family Adelidae, the fairy long horn moths. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Portugal, Ukraine and the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula.

base stats

NL sightings 108iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,852iNaturalist 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).