#2795 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Rosy Minor

🇳🇱 Duinhalmuiltje ·Mesoligia literosa

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Morten Christensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © naturalhistoryman · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Fernando Romão · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © altom · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Mesoligia literosa , the rosy minor , is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe, North Africa and western Asia. and east across the Palearctic to Siberia.

base stats

NL sightings 45iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 859iNaturalist 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).