#2783 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Scarce Grass-veneer
🇳🇱 Streepjesgrasmot ·Crambus pratella
📍 7245 Laren, Nederland
📍 6871 Renkum, Nederland
📍 Elst, Netherlands
📍 Sint-Oedenrode, Nederland
📍 Katwijk aan Zee, Nederland
📍 Breda West, Breda, Nederland
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
📍 Zeewolde, 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. 7245 Laren, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. 6871 Renkum, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Elst, Netherlands:© Aalbert Rebergen · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Sint-Oedenrode, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Katwijk aan Zee, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Breda West, Breda, Nederland:© Jurriën de Vries · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Zeewolde, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Crambus pratella 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 47 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 730 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Scarce Grass-veneer
- Nederlands
- Streepjesgrasmot
- scientific name
- Crambus pratella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 47
- sightings in Europe
- 528
- sightings worldwide
- 730
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,616
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Crambidae
#2401 📷 9Box Tree Moth
🇳🇱 Buxusmot
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 526889, Wikidata Q4281679, GBIF 1880139, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.