#2478 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Small Grey
🇳🇱 Variabele granietmot ·Eudonia mercurella
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what is it?
Eudonia mercurella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, western China, Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, and north-western Africa.
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 303 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 15,808 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Small Grey
- Nederlands
- Variabele granietmot
- scientific name
- Eudonia mercurella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 303
- sightings in Europe
- 12,807
- sightings worldwide
- 15,808
- GBIF records in NL
- 8,645
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324138, Wikidata Q147522, GBIF 1879765, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.