#2648 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Feathered Bright
🇳🇱 Gewone witvlekmot ·Incurvaria masculella
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Delftse Hout, Delft, Netherlands
📍 Lexmond, Utrecht, NL
📍 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland
📍 7957 BX De Wijk, Nederland
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
📍 Tilburg, Bleukbosweg, 5032 PN Tilburg, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © michi1 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Anita Sprungk · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Delftse Hout, Delft, Netherlands:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Lexmond, Utrecht, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 7. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 7957 BX De Wijk, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Tilburg, Bleukbosweg, 5032 PN Tilburg, Nederland:© Wendy de Beer · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Incurvaria masculella , the feathered diamond-back , is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. 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 87 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,307 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Michael Denis in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Feathered Bright
- Nederlands
- Gewone witvlekmot
- scientific name
- Incurvaria masculella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Incurvariidae
- sightings in NL
- 87
- sightings in Europe
- 988
- sightings worldwide
- 1,307
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,740
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Michael Denis
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 205344, Wikidata Q898334, GBIF 4522933, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.