#2522 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Yellow Satin Veneer
🇳🇱 Bleke Grasmot ·Crambus perlella
📍 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland
📍 3522 JN Utrecht, Netherlands
📍 Brunssum, Netherlands
📍 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland
📍 Voorburg, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Mario Bassini · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Dina Nesterkova · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © salvatore_infanti · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Roberto Ghiglia · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland:© Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 3522 JN Utrecht, Netherlands:© Robert Luttik · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Brunssum, Netherlands:© Roy · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© Carel Jongkind · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Voorburg, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Crambus perlella 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 188 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 8,058 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Yellow Satin Veneer
- Nederlands
- Bleke Grasmot
- scientific name
- Crambus perlella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 188
- sightings in Europe
- 4,612
- sightings worldwide
- 8,058
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
relatives· Crambidae
#2401 📷 9Box Tree Moth
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Cydalima perspectalis
👀 1.3k in NL
#2407 📷 10Pearl Veneer
🇳🇱 Blauwooggrasmot
Agriphila straminella
👀 974 in NL
#2411 📷 7Garden Grass-veneer
🇳🇱 Gewone grasmot
Chrysoteuchia culmella
👀 739 in NL
#2421 📷 9Mint Moth
🇳🇱 Muntvlindertje
Pyrausta aurata
👀 649 in NL
#2437 📷 10Small China-mark
🇳🇱 Kroosvlindertje
Cataclysta lemnata
👀 496 in NL
#2464 📷 10Small Magpie
🇳🇱 Bonte brandnetelmot
Anania hortulata
👀 360 in NL
#2478 📷 7Small Grey
🇳🇱 Variabele granietmot
Eudonia mercurella
👀 303 in NL
#2486 📷 10Common Grass-veneer
🇳🇱 Variabele grasmot
Agriphila tristella
👀 281 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 323781, Wikidata Q1937606, GBIF 4531526, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.