#3032 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Theresian Moth

🇳🇱 Witvlekhommelmot ·Lamoria anella

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Fernando de Juana · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © jkt · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Σάββας Ζαφειρίου (Savvas Zafeiriou) · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Lamoria anella is a species of snout moth described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Denmark, the Baltic region and Slovenia), the Canary Islands, as well as North Africa (including Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt), South Africa, India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,101iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
6,101 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 (251 years ago).