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#2964 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Narrow-winged Grey

🇳🇱 Smalle granietmot ·Eudonia angustea

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Narrow-winged Grey, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Eudonia angustea is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in southern and western Europe, the Canary Islands, Madeira and Turkey.

base stats

  • NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 7,752iNaturalist 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 2 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 7,752 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by John Curtis in 1827 (199 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Narrow-winged Grey
Nederlands
Smalle granietmot
scientific name
Eudonia angustea
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Crambidae
sightings in NL
2
sightings in Europe
7,295
sightings worldwide
7,752
GBIF records in NL
55
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1827 by John Curtis

relatives· Crambidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 318536, Wikidata Q5406590, GBIF 1879691, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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