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#2709 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Kent Black Arches

🇳🇱 Groot visstaartje ·Meganola albula

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Kent Black Arches, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Gábor Keresztes · 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

  • NL sightings 63iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,940iNaturalist 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).

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.

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