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Speckled Footman

🇳🇱 Grasbeertje ·Coscinia cribraria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Speckled Footman, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Coscinia cribraria ( speckled footman ) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Europe except the most northern parts; also in north-western Africa, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Mongolia, north-western and north-eastern China.

base stats

  • NL sightings 78iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,454iNaturalist 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 78 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,454 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Speckled Footman
Nederlands
Grasbeertje
scientific name
Coscinia cribraria
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Erebidae
sightings in NL
78
sightings in Europe
1,788
sightings worldwide
2,454
GBIF records in NL
5,262
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Erebidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 130874, Wikidata Q237571, GBIF 5117189, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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