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Coronet

🇳🇱 Schedeldrager ·Craniophora ligustri

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

what is it?

Craniophora ligustri , the coronet , is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe, through the Palearctic to Japan.

base stats

  • NL sightings 179iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 11,343iNaturalist 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 179 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 11,343 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Coronet
Nederlands
Schedeldrager
scientific name
Craniophora ligustri
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Noctuidae
sightings in NL
179
sightings in Europe
9,961
sightings worldwide
11,343
GBIF records in NL
21,832
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1775 by Ignaz Schiffermüller

relatives· Noctuidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 320071, Wikidata Q1824824, GBIF 1791422, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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