#2652 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Pied Grey
🇳🇱 Zwartvlekgranietmot ·Eudonia delunella
📍 4307 Oosterland, Nederland
📍 4101 JK Culemborg, Nederland
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
📍 Eigen Hof, Oud Sloten, Osdorp, Amsterdam, Nederland
📍 9717 BB Groningen, Netherlands
📍 Voorveld OudeHaagseweg 51, Amsterdam, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Riccardo Molajoli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Heiner Ziegler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Pascal Dubois · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Luigi Andena · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 4307 Oosterland, Nederland:© Jan Meerman · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 4101 JK Culemborg, Nederland:© Bas Engels · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. Eigen Hof, Oud Sloten, Osdorp, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 9717 BB Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Voorveld OudeHaagseweg 51, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Eudonia delunella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1849 and 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 86 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,627 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1849 (177 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Pied Grey
- Nederlands
- Zwartvlekgranietmot
- scientific name
- Eudonia delunella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 86
- sightings in Europe
- 2,434
- sightings worldwide
- 2,627
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,373
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1849 by Henry Tibbats Stainton
relatives· Crambidae
#2401 📷 9Box Tree Moth
🇳🇱 Buxusmot
Cydalima perspectalis
👀 1.3k in NL
#2407 📷 10Pearl Veneer
🇳🇱 Blauwooggrasmot
Agriphila straminella
👀 974 in NL
#2411 📷 7Garden Grass-veneer
🇳🇱 Gewone grasmot
Chrysoteuchia culmella
👀 739 in NL
#2421 📷 9Mint Moth
🇳🇱 Muntvlindertje
Pyrausta aurata
👀 649 in NL
#2437 📷 10Small China-mark
🇳🇱 Kroosvlindertje
Cataclysta lemnata
👀 496 in NL
#2464 📷 10Small Magpie
🇳🇱 Bonte brandnetelmot
Anania hortulata
👀 360 in NL
#2478 📷 7Small Grey
🇳🇱 Variabele granietmot
Eudonia mercurella
👀 303 in NL
#2486 📷 10Common Grass-veneer
🇳🇱 Variabele grasmot
Agriphila tristella
👀 281 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 470894, Wikidata Q5236205, GBIF 1879735, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.