#2755 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Lilac Leafminer Moth
🇳🇱 Seringensteltmot ·Gracillaria syringella
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
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what is it?
The lilac leafminer or privet leafminer ( Gracillaria syringella ) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. 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 53 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,293 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794 (232 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Lilac Leafminer Moth
- Nederlands
- Seringensteltmot
- scientific name
- Gracillaria syringella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Gracillariidae
- sightings in NL
- 53
- sightings in Europe
- 804
- sightings worldwide
- 2,293
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,330
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1794 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Gracillariidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 320060, Wikidata Q163702, GBIF 1749713, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.