#2884 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
The Crescent
🇳🇱 Gele lis-boorder ·Helotropha leucostigma
📍 Ede, Nederland
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 Houten, Het Bos, 3994 AX Houten, Nederland
📍 Pieterburen, Netherlands
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Patrick Clement · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Houten, Het Bos, 3994 AX Houten, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Pieterburen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Helotropha leucostigma , the crescent , formerly Celaena leucostigma is a moth of the family Noctuidae.
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 30 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 980 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1808 (218 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- The Crescent
- Nederlands
- Gele lis-boorder
- scientific name
- Helotropha leucostigma
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- sightings in NL
- 30
- sightings in Europe
- 778
- sightings worldwide
- 980
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,306
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1808 by Jacob Hübner
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#2414 📷 10Setaceous Hebrew Character
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#2423 📷 10Flounced Rustic
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👀 605 in NL
#2428 📷 10Lesser Yellow Underwing
🇳🇱 Volgeling
Noctua comes
👀 578 in NL
#2429 📷 9Knot Grass Moth
🇳🇱 Zuringuil
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👀 538 in NL
#2439 📷 10Square-spot Rustic
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👀 483 in NL
#2440 📷 10Flame Shoulder Moth
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👀 455 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 340646, Wikidata Q1315170, GBIF 4534389, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.