#2740 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Purple-backed Cabbageworm Moth
🇳🇱 Bonte valkmot ·Evergestis pallidata
📍 Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
📍 Assen, Nederland
📍 Boezemweg, Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, NL
📍 Sint-Oedenrode, Nederland
📍 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Dick · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Andres · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © Lena Dietz Chiasson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 7. Assen, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Boezemweg, Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 9. Sint-Oedenrode, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Evergestis pallidata is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, North America and Northern Asia.
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 56 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,512 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1811 (215 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Purple-backed Cabbageworm Moth
- Nederlands
- Bonte valkmot
- scientific name
- Evergestis pallidata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 56
- sightings in Europe
- 1,135
- sightings worldwide
- 4,512
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,580
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1811 by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel
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
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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 81685, Wikidata Q146058, GBIF 1891493, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.