#2596 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Pale Water-veneer
🇳🇱 Liesgrassnuitmot ·Donacaula forficella
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © cossus · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 4. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 5. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 6. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 7. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 9. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 10. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
what is it?
Donacaula forficella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in China (Heilongjiang), Europe and South Africa.
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 122 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 498 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1794 (232 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Pale Water-veneer
- Nederlands
- Liesgrassnuitmot
- scientific name
- Donacaula forficella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 122
- sightings in Europe
- 357
- sightings worldwide
- 498
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,601
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1794 by Carl Peter Thunberg
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 333917, Wikidata Q1367791, GBIF 4531708, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.