#2982 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Wedgling Moth

Galgula partita

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © kens18 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Adam Coffman · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Royal Tyler · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Christine Melvin · CC BY 4.0
5. © Chuck Sexton · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Royal Tyler · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. Southwest Escambia Sports Complex, Pensacola, FL, US:© Eric Blomberg · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. 1557 19th St, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, USA:© Michele Reniche · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX, US:© erhodes682 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Michigan, US:© Cayla N · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Wedgling Moth ( Galgula partita ) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from most of North America south to Guatemala and the Caribbean. It is also present on Madeira, the Canary Islands and in Spain.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 28,402iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
28,402 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Achille Guenée in 1852 (174 years ago).