#2863 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Shy Cosmet Moth
🇳🇱 Lisdoddeveertje ·Limnaecia phragmitella
📍 9321 Peize, Nederland
📍 Amsterdam-Noord, Amsterdam, Nederland
📍 Drenthe, NL
📍 Drenthe, NL
📍 Zuid-Holland, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © faluke · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © hullyjr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Krylenko VV · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Larry Clarfeld · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © joannerusso · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 9321 Peize, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Amsterdam-Noord, Amsterdam, Nederland:© Stan van Remmerden · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Drenthe, NL:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Drenthe, NL:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The shy cosmet moth ( Limnaecia phragmitella ) is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from all of Europe, as well as Asia, Australia and New Zealand. It is also present in North America, where it is distributed from Nova Scotia to Virginia, west to Oklahoma and north to Ontario. The habitat consists of fens and marshes.
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 32 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,193 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1851 (175 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Shy Cosmet Moth
- Nederlands
- Lisdoddeveertje
- scientific name
- Limnaecia phragmitella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Cosmopterigidae
- sightings in NL
- 32
- sightings in Europe
- 637
- sightings worldwide
- 5,193
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,025
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1851 by Henry Tibbats Stainton
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 223680, Wikidata Q310241, GBIF 5120396, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.