#2627 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Marbled Yellow Pearl
🇳🇱 Aangebrande valkmot ·Evergestis extimalis
📍 Sint-Oedenrode, Nederland
📍 Pijlkruidkreek, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, NL
📍 Dongen, Nederland
📍 5851 Afferden, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Pavel Vojtek · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. Sint-Oedenrode, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Pijlkruidkreek, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, NL:© jaap_engberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Dongen, Nederland:© Roel Bierhoff · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 5851 Afferden, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Evergestis extimalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Eurasia.
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 96 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,843 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Marbled Yellow Pearl
- Nederlands
- Aangebrande valkmot
- scientific name
- Evergestis extimalis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 96
- sightings in Europe
- 1,522
- sightings worldwide
- 1,843
- GBIF records in NL
- 8,945
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
relatives· Crambidae
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👀 1.3k in NL
#2407 📷 10Pearl Veneer
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#2411 📷 7Garden Grass-veneer
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👀 739 in NL
#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
Eudonia mercurella
👀 303 in NL
#2486 📷 10Common Grass-veneer
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👀 281 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324286, Wikidata Q835424, GBIF 1891473, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.