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Kleine zwartwitmot

Ethmia quadrillella

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Alejandro Ocampo · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. 3274 Heinenoord, Nederland:© Ronald.S · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. Provincialeweg Noord, Almkerk, North Brabant, NL:© Alexandra · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. Houten, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. Nieuwe Niedorp, De Meet, 1733 AZ Nieuwe Niedorp, Nederland:© jaaph · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. Gorssel, Netherlands:© Stan van Remmerden · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. Amsterdam-Noord, Amsterdam, Netherlands:© Stan van Remmerden · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Houten, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
Kleine zwartwitmot, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Alejandro Ocampo · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Ethmia quadrillella is a moth belonging to the family Depressariidae, subfamily Ethmiinae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 56iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,499iNaturalist 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 56 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,499 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1783 (243 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Kleine zwartwitmot
scientific name
Ethmia quadrillella
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Ethmiidae
sightings in NL
56
sightings in Europe
1,366
sightings worldwide
1,499
GBIF records in NL
7,155
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1783 by Johann August Ephraim Goeze

relatives· Ethmiidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 702846, Wikidata Q1310481, GBIF 4529566, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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