#2694 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Italian Tubic

🇳🇱 Italiaanse kaneelsikkelmot ·Metalampra italica

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Drepanostoma · CC BY 4.0
2. © bco89 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
4. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 4101 JK Culemborg, Nederland:© Bas Engels · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Escamp, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Segbroek, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Urkerbos en Urkerveld, Urk, Flevoland, NL:© stellamaris8 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Metalampra italica is a moth of the Oecophoridae family that was until recently considered endemic to Italy, from which it was originally described in 1977 by Baldizonne, but that is now also known to occur in other European countries.

base stats

NL sightings 67iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,177iNaturalist 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).