#2538 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Sulphur Tubic
🇳🇱 Esperiamot ·Esperia sulphurella
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © floris_heemskerk · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Dominic · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Noord-Brabant, NL:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Gelderland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. Netherlands:© BeauZ · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 3431 RM Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Sint Geertruid:© paula2504 · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Esperia sulphurella is a species of gelechioid moth in the Oecophoridae family. It is found in Europe.
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
- Spotted 174 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,117 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Sulphur Tubic
- Nederlands
- Esperiamot
- scientific name
- Esperia sulphurella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Oecophoridae
- sightings in NL
- 174
- sightings in Europe
- 2,379
- sightings worldwide
- 3,117
- GBIF records in NL
- 10,075
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Oecophoridae
#2430 📷 8Brown House Moth
🇳🇱 Bruine huismot
Hofmannophila pseudospretella
👀 529 in NL
#2525 📷 7White-shouldered House Moth
🇳🇱 Witkopmot
Endrosis sarcitrella
👀 186 in NL
#2586 📷 8Golden-brown Tubic
🇳🇱 Zwamboorder
Crassa unitella
👀 126 in NL
#2694 📷 10Italian Tubic
🇳🇱 Italiaanse kaneelsikkelmot
Metalampra italica
👀 67 in NL
#2723 📷 10Forked Tabby
🇳🇱 Bruine molmboorder
Harpella forficella
👀 59 in NL
#2762 📷 10Oosterse schone
Eratophyes amasiella
👀 52 in NL
#2817 📷 10Satijnvleugelsikkelmot
Borkhausenia nefrax
👀 40 in NL
#2858 📷 10Thatch Tubic
🇳🇱 Schuursikkelmot
Borkhausenia minutella
👀 34 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 325665, Wikidata Q2687280, GBIF 5770913, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.