#2668 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Dewick's Plusia
🇳🇱 Getekende gamma-uil ·Macdunnoughia confusa
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what is it?
Macdunnoughia confusa ( Dewick’s plusia ) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Stephens in 1850. It is found from Europe through Siberia to Japan. It is also present in Lebanon and Israel.
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 78 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,920 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by James Francis Stephens in 1850 (176 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Dewick's Plusia
- Nederlands
- Getekende gamma-uil
- scientific name
- Macdunnoughia confusa
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- sightings in NL
- 78
- sightings in Europe
- 5,001
- sightings worldwide
- 5,920
- GBIF records in NL
- 6,313
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1850 by James Francis Stephens
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 460643, Wikidata Q604822, GBIF 1768117, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.