#2430 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Brown House Moth

🇳🇱 Bruine huismot ·Hofmannophila pseudospretella

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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

1. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Guillaume Hoffmann · CC BY 4.0
3. © Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Gabriele Vaudano · CC BY 4.0
5. © Cristian Ferrari · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Gabriele Vaudano · CC BY 4.0
7. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
8. © Steve Kerr · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Hofmannophila pseudospretella , the brown house moth , is a species of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae), wherein it belongs to subfamily Oecophorinae. It is the only known member of its genus Hofmannophila , and as is often the case for such monotypic taxa, the genus' distinctness remains to be conclusively proven. However that may be, it seems to be a close relative of Borkhausenia .

base stats

NL sightings 529iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,540iNaturalist 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

Spotted 529 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #46 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
14,540 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1849 (177 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.