#2728 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

White Satin Moth

🇳🇱 Satijnvlinder ·Leucoma salicis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © anonymous · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © tapaculo99 · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Jonaserf, Wenum Wiesel, Gelderland, NL:© Peter Birdsall · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 4101 JB Culemborg, Nederland:© Bas Engels · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 8516 Doniaga, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Capelle aan den IJssel, Mendelssohnstraat, 2901 GL Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. Mantingerzand, Mantinge, Drenthe, NL:© jnooij · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Hoeksche Waard, Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, NL:© jaap_engberts · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Leucoma salicis , the white satin moth or satin moth , is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Europe including the British Isles but not the far North. Also in North America where it was introduced in the 1920s.

base stats

NL sightings 58iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,023iNaturalist 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).