#2518 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Brown China-mark

🇳🇱 Waterleliemot ·Elophila nymphaeata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Wolf-Achim and Hanna Roland · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © motheaten · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
5. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0
7. Assen, Peelo, 9407 HN Assen, Netherlands:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Koekange, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. De Lutte, Nederland:© Carel Jongkind · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Meijendel and Berkheide, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, NL:© jaap_engberts · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Brown China mark (Elophila nymphaeata) is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe. The moth is notable as its larva, like most members of the crambid subfamily Acentropinae, is aquatic and has tracheal gills.

base stats

NL sightings 196iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,569iNaturalist 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).