#2792 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Dark Bordered Pearl
🇳🇱 Gezoomde valkmot ·Evergestis limbata
📍 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland
📍 Leemzeulder, Laren, North Holland, NL
📍 Voorburg, Hoeckvlietstraat, 2271 BA Voorburg, Nederland
📍 Heemskerklaan, Velp, Gelderland, NL
📍 6522 KV Nijmegen, Nederland
📍 6721 Bennekom, Nederland
📍 Belmonte Arboretum, Wageningen, Gelderland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Leemzeulder, Laren, North Holland, NL:© Steven Schulting · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Voorburg, Hoeckvlietstraat, 2271 BA Voorburg, Nederland:© Ruben · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Heemskerklaan, Velp, Gelderland, NL:© Gideon van Melle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 6522 KV Nijmegen, Nederland:© Kayo de Gruijter · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 6721 Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Belmonte Arboretum, Wageningen, Gelderland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
what is it?
Evergestis limbata is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It 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 45 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,631 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Dark Bordered Pearl
- Nederlands
- Gezoomde valkmot
- scientific name
- Evergestis limbata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 45
- sightings in Europe
- 1,537
- sightings worldwide
- 1,631
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,094
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1767
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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
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👀 496 in NL
#2464 📷 10Small Magpie
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Anania hortulata
👀 360 in NL
#2478 📷 7Small Grey
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👀 303 in NL
#2486 📷 10Common Grass-veneer
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👀 281 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324104, Wikidata Q146189, GBIF 1891494, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.