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#2498 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Dingy Footman

🇳🇱 Glad beertje ·Eilema griseola

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Dingy Footman, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Collita griseola , the dingy footman , is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Europe and North and South-East Asia.

base stats

  • NL sightings 247iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 9,617iNaturalist 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 247 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 9,617 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1803 (223 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Dingy Footman
Nederlands
Glad beertje
scientific name
Eilema griseola
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Erebidae
sightings in NL
247
sightings in Europe
6,629
sightings worldwide
9,617
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1803 by Jacob Hübner

relatives· Erebidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 205120, Wikidata Q217544, GBIF 5116941, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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