#3061 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

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Mythimna sicula

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Fernando de Juana · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
6. 4292 Dobri dol, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
7. Tavira, 8800, Portugal:© Thijs Valkenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Novo selo, Plovdiv, BG:© Cosmin Manci · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Vranja, Istria, Croatia:© Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0
10. chiusure:© purperlibel · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Mythimna sicula is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Morocco to Libya, central and southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Iran and Turkmenistan.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,100iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,100 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1835 (191 years ago).