#2723 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
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🇳🇱 Bruine molmboorder ·Harpella forficella
📍 Noord-Brabant, NL
📍 Langenboomseweg, Mill, North Brabant, NL
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
📍 Zuid-Holland, Nederland
📍 6523 PB Nijmegen, Netherlands
📍 Ede, Nederland
📍 Havelte, Nederland
📍 1795 De Cocksdorp, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Ramunė Vakarė · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. Noord-Brabant, NL:© bjhmp · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Langenboomseweg, Mill, North Brabant, NL:© lisa_w · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 6. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 6523 PB Nijmegen, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Havelte, Nederland:© René Manger · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 1795 De Cocksdorp, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Harpella forficella is a species of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae), wherein it belongs to subfamily Oecophorinae. 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 59 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,714 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Forked Tabby
- Nederlands
- Bruine molmboorder
- scientific name
- Harpella forficella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Oecophoridae
- sightings in NL
- 59
- sightings in Europe
- 2,565
- sightings worldwide
- 2,714
- GBIF records in NL
- 6,088
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Oecophoridae
#2430 📷 8Brown House Moth
🇳🇱 Bruine huismot
Hofmannophila pseudospretella
👀 529 in NL
#2525 📷 7White-shouldered House Moth
🇳🇱 Witkopmot
Endrosis sarcitrella
👀 186 in NL
#2538 📷 10Sulphur Tubic
🇳🇱 Esperiamot
Esperia sulphurella
👀 174 in NL
#2586 📷 8Golden-brown Tubic
🇳🇱 Zwamboorder
Crassa unitella
👀 126 in NL
#2694 📷 10Italian Tubic
🇳🇱 Italiaanse kaneelsikkelmot
Metalampra italica
👀 67 in NL
#2762 📷 10Oosterse schone
Eratophyes amasiella
👀 52 in NL
#2817 📷 10Satijnvleugelsikkelmot
Borkhausenia nefrax
👀 40 in NL
#2858 📷 10Thatch Tubic
🇳🇱 Schuursikkelmot
Borkhausenia minutella
👀 34 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 361924, Wikidata Q3369133, GBIF 1835156, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.