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Little grey

🇳🇱 Lichte granietmot ·Eudonia lacustrata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
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what is it?

Eudonia lacustrata is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, north-West Africa, Asia from Turkey, Iran and Syria to Siberia and the western part of China (Hunan). The subspecies E. lacustrata persica is found in Iran and Armenia.

base stats

  • NL sightings 91iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 9,329iNaturalist 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 91 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 9,329 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1804 (222 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Little grey
Nederlands
Lichte granietmot
scientific name
Eudonia lacustrata
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Crambidae
sightings in NL
91
sightings in Europe
7,528
sightings worldwide
9,329
GBIF records in NL
6,117
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1804 by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer

relatives· Crambidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 361095, Wikidata Q147812, GBIF 1879731, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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