#3036 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

discrete chaperon

Cymbalophora pudica

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © José María Escolano · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Daniela · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Manuel Valdueza · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Aurélien Ausset · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © GBorrásG · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © diegoreggianti · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © michel candel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Cymbalophora pudica , common name Discrete Chaperon , is a moth of the family Erebidae....

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,879iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,879 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1785 (241 years ago).