#2908 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Dotted Fan-foot
🇳🇱 Stippelsnuituil ·Macrochilo cribrumalis
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 Voorschoten, Nederland
📍 3992 SK Houten, Nederland
📍 3992 SK Houten, Nederland
📍 Drenthe, NL
📍 Ede, Nederland
📍 Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL
📍 4503 GD Groede, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Julien Piolain · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 3. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 3992 SK Houten, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 3992 SK Houten, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Drenthe, NL:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 4503 GD Groede, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Macrochilo cribrumalis , the dotted fan-foot , is a species of litter moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Europe.
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 28 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 369 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1793 (233 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Dotted Fan-foot
- Nederlands
- Stippelsnuituil
- scientific name
- Macrochilo cribrumalis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Erebidae
- sightings in NL
- 28
- sightings in Europe
- 333
- sightings worldwide
- 369
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,349
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1793 by Jacob Hübner
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 177220, Wikidata Q1945708, GBIF 5771982, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.