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Coast Dart

🇳🇱 Variabele worteluil ·Euxoa cursoria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Coast Dart, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Phil Benstead · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Euxoa cursoria , the coast dart , is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in northern and central Europe as well as the coastal regions of the British Isles, central Siberia, Mongolia, Tibet and Afghanistan. The subspecies Euxoa cursoria wirima is found in Canada.

base stats

  • NL sightings 52iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 129iNaturalist 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 52 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 129 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766 (260 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Coast Dart
Nederlands
Variabele worteluil
scientific name
Euxoa cursoria
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Noctuidae
sightings in NL
52
sightings in Europe
103
sightings worldwide
129
GBIF records in NL
1,280
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1766 by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel

relatives· Noctuidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 219937, Wikidata Q1379004, GBIF 1773309, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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