#2626 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Cabbage Moth
🇳🇱 Kooluil ·Mamestra brassicae
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 1761 AH Anna Paulowna, Netherlands
📍 Drachten, Nederland
📍 Drachten, Nederland
📍 Capelle ad IJssel, Mendelssohnstraat, 2901 KE Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © 灯原 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © danilo ugrnov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Baranyi Tamás · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © Riccardo Molajoli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Станислав · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Cowry639 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 1761 AH Anna Paulowna, Netherlands:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Drachten, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Drachten, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Capelle ad IJssel, Mendelssohnstraat, 2901 KE Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
Note: the small white species of butterfly is commonly called a "cabbage moth" in North America.
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 96 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,537 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Cabbage Moth
- Nederlands
- Kooluil
- scientific name
- Mamestra brassicae
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- sightings in NL
- 96
- sightings in Europe
- 4,022
- sightings worldwide
- 6,537
- GBIF records in NL
- 11,201
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Noctuidae
#2388 📷 7Large Yellow Underwing
🇳🇱 Huismoeder
Noctua pronuba
👀 3.2k in NL
#2396 📷 10Silver Υ
🇳🇱 Gamma-uil
Autographa gamma
👀 1.7k in NL
#2414 📷 10Setaceous Hebrew Character
🇳🇱 Zwarte-c-uil
Xestia c-nigrum
👀 704 in NL
#2423 📷 10Flounced Rustic
🇳🇱 Gewone grasuil
Luperina testacea
👀 605 in NL
#2428 📷 10Lesser Yellow Underwing
🇳🇱 Volgeling
Noctua comes
👀 578 in NL
#2429 📷 9Knot Grass Moth
🇳🇱 Zuringuil
Acronicta rumicis
👀 538 in NL
#2439 📷 10Square-spot Rustic
🇳🇱 Vierkantvlekuil
Xestia xanthographa
👀 483 in NL
#2440 📷 10Flame Shoulder Moth
🇳🇱 Haarbos
Ochropleura plecta
👀 455 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 451665, Wikidata Q1045638, GBIF 1788522, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.