#2460 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Morning-glory Plume Moth

🇳🇱 Windevedermot ·Emmelina monodactyla

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Ian Wright · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © ingridaltmann · CC BY 4.0
3. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © ingridaltmann · CC BY 4.0
5. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
6. © nutmeg66 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb · CC BY 4.0
8. © michael-fradkin · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Emmelina monodactyla ( T-moth or morning-glory plume moth ) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Europe, Japan, central Asia, North Africa and North America.

base stats

NL sightings 372iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 50,659iNaturalist 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 372 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
50,659 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Morning-glory Plume Moth
Nederlands: Windevedermot
scientific name: Emmelina monodactyla
class: Insecta
order: Lepidoptera
family: Pterophoridae
sightings in NL: 372
sightings in Europe: 13,546
sightings worldwide: 50,659
GBIF records in NL: 43,471
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1758

relatives· Pterophoridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 127431, Wikidata Q140515, GBIF 1859046, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.