#3014 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
The Passenger
🇳🇱 Bruine prachtuil ·Dysgonia algira
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © diegoreggianti · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Antoine Lantin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © stefanodirektor · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Syrio · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. © Ben Sale · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © Syrio · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. © Fturmo · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. © Syrio · CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Passenger (Dysgonia algira) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe (but primarily in Southern Europe), North Africa and the Near East.
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
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 9,377 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- The Passenger
- Nederlands
- Bruine prachtuil
- scientific name
- Dysgonia algira
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Erebidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 7,819
- sightings worldwide
- 9,377
- GBIF records in NL
- 56
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1767
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 199266, Wikidata Q311656, GBIF 1798504, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.