#2802 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Marsh Grey
🇳🇱 Moerasgranietmot ·Eudonia pallida
📍 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
📍 Ospel, Nederland
📍 Lekdijk West, Beusichem, Gelderland, NL
📍 Rotterdam, South Holland, NL
📍 Pieterburen, Netherlands
📍 Babberich, Nederland
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
📍 Sint-Oedenrode, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland:© Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 4. Ospel, Nederland:© Josephine Beijer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Lekdijk West, Beusichem, Gelderland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 6. Rotterdam, South Holland, NL:© peter maaskant · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Pieterburen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Babberich, Nederland:© Benno te Linde · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 10. Sint-Oedenrode, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Eudonia pallida is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from most of 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 43 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,143 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John Curtis in 1827 (199 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Marsh Grey
- Nederlands
- Moerasgranietmot
- scientific name
- Eudonia pallida
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 43
- sightings in Europe
- 972
- sightings worldwide
- 1,143
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1827 by John Curtis
relatives· Crambidae
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#2407 📷 10Pearl Veneer
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#2411 📷 7Garden Grass-veneer
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#2421 📷 9Mint Moth
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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
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👀 303 in NL
#2486 📷 10Common Grass-veneer
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👀 281 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324870, Wikidata Q5406691, GBIF 1879598, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.