#2833 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Double-lobed Moth

🇳🇱 Double Lobed ·Lateroligia ophiogramma

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Apamea ophiogramma , the double lobed , is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone in North and Central Europe to the Urals, Turkestan, Russian Far East, Siberia. There have been at least two separate introductions into North America and it is now rapidly expanding in range. This species is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Lateroligia .

base stats

NL sightings 36iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,479iNaturalist 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 36 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
3,479 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1793 (233 years ago).