#2700 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Wainscot Veneer
🇳🇱 Rietmot ·Chilo phragmitella
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands
📍 Lekdijk West, Beusichem, Gelderland, NL
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands
📍 Voorschoten, Nederland
📍 Ede, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Palamarchuk Yuri · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Lekdijk West, Beusichem, Gelderland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Chilo phragmitella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe.
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 66 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,144 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1805 (221 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Wainscot Veneer
- Nederlands
- Rietmot
- scientific name
- Chilo phragmitella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 66
- sightings in Europe
- 884
- sightings worldwide
- 1,144
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1805 by Jacob Hübner
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#2411 📷 7Garden Grass-veneer
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#2421 📷 9Mint Moth
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#2437 📷 10Small China-mark
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👀 496 in NL
#2464 📷 10Small Magpie
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👀 360 in NL
#2478 📷 7Small Grey
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👀 303 in NL
#2486 📷 10Common Grass-veneer
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👀 281 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 325424, Wikidata Q835465, GBIF 4531677, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.