#2903 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Ash-bark Knot-horn
🇳🇱 Tweekleurige lichtmot ·Euzophera pinguis
📍 Binnenstad, Utrecht, Netherlands
📍 De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands
📍 Bennekom, Nederland
📍 3992 SK Houten, Nederland
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Benoît Segerer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © katunchik · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © katunchik · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © richtigger · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Binnenstad, Utrecht, Netherlands:© djhiker · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 3992 SK Houten, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
what is it?
Euzophera pinguis , the tabby knot-horn , is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811 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 28 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,334 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811 (215 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Ash-bark Knot-horn
- Nederlands
- Tweekleurige lichtmot
- scientific name
- Euzophera pinguis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Pyralidae
- sightings in NL
- 28
- sightings in Europe
- 1,870
- sightings worldwide
- 2,334
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,397
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1811 by Adrian Hardy Haworth
relatives· Pyralidae
#2449 📷 10Rosy Tabby
🇳🇱 Strooiselmot
Endotricha flammealis
👀 408 in NL
#2468 📷 10Bee Moth
🇳🇱 Hommelnestmot
Aphomia sociella
👀 351 in NL
#2488 📷 10Long-legged Tabby
🇳🇱 Pinokkiomot
Synaphe punctalis
👀 278 in NL
#2519 📷 10Indian-Meal Moth
🇳🇱 Indische meelmot
Plodia interpunctella
👀 191 in NL
#2530 📷 10Rosy-striped Knot-horn
🇳🇱 Prachtmot
Oncocera semirubella
👀 181 in NL
#2583 📷 10Dotted Oak Knot-horn
🇳🇱 Eikenlichtmot
Phycita roborella
👀 127 in NL
#2591 📷 10Large Tabby
🇳🇱 Vetmot
Aglossa pinguinalis
👀 123 in NL
#2609 📷 10Scarce oak knot-horn
🇳🇱 Rode eikenlichtmot
Acrobasis tumidana
👀 110 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 325296, Wikidata Q2387378, GBIF 1875327, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.