#2709 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Kent Black Arches
🇳🇱 Groot visstaartje ·Meganola albula
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands
📍 Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Ben Sale · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Martin Kielland · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © ALLEMAND Guillaume · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Schiermonnikoog, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Meganola albula ( Kent black arches ) is a moth of the family Nolidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone (Europe, Asia Minor, Iran, Caucasus, Russian Far East, Japan).
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 63 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,940 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Kent Black Arches
- Nederlands
- Groot visstaartje
- scientific name
- Meganola albula
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Nolidae
- sightings in NL
- 63
- sightings in Europe
- 1,713
- sightings worldwide
- 1,940
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,636
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Ignaz Schiffermüller
relatives· Nolidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 177131, Wikidata Q926347, GBIF 4534767, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.
