#2818 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Four-spotted Footman

🇳🇱 Viervlakvlinder ·Lithosia quadra

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Ben Sale · CC BY 4.0
2. © Konrad Zobel · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Tony Morris · CC BY 4.0
5. © Andrei · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Briantspuddle Wildlife & History · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Drepanostoma · CC BY 4.0
8. © Tony Morris · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Lithosia quadra , the four-spotted footman , is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in southern and central Europe then east across the Palearctic to the Amur River and Japan. It is also found in the south of Great Britain and Scandinavia.

base stats

NL sightings 39iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,050iNaturalist 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).