#2724 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Small Fan-foot

🇳🇱 Boogsnuituil ·Herminia grisealis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Annika Lindqvist · CC BY 4.0
3. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
4. © motheaten · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Suso Tizón · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. 6721 Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
8. Warmond, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
9. Rolde, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Rolde, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Herminia grisealis , the small fan-foot , is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Europe. The eastern expansion is across the Palearctic to the Ussuri River and after that Japan. In the Alps it rises up to a height of 1300 meters.

base stats

NL sightings 59iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,710iNaturalist 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).