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#2634 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Scarce Footman Moth

🇳🇱 Streepkokerbeertje ·Eilema complana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Scarce Footman Moth, photo 1 of 9
1/9 © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Manulea complana , the scarce footman , is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region.

base stats

  • NL sightings 92iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 9,785iNaturalist 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 92 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 9,785 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Scarce Footman Moth
Nederlands
Streepkokerbeertje
scientific name
Eilema complana
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Erebidae
sightings in NL
92
sightings in Europe
5,065
sightings worldwide
9,785
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Erebidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 320004, Wikidata Q218373, GBIF 5116609, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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