#2862 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
The Delicate
🇳🇱 Zuidelijke grasuil ·Mythimna vitellina
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what is it?
Mythimna vitellina , the delicate' , is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is mainly distributed throughout southern Europe and the southern part of Eastern Europe. It is also found far less commonly further north in Europe. Also in North Africa, the Near East and Middle East, Central Asia and western China.
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 32 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 7,020 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1808 (218 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- The Delicate
- Nederlands
- Zuidelijke grasuil
- scientific name
- Mythimna vitellina
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- sightings in NL
- 32
- sightings in Europe
- 6,016
- sightings worldwide
- 7,020
- GBIF records in NL
- 6,708
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1808 by Jacob Hübner
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#2423 📷 10Flounced Rustic
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#2428 📷 10Lesser Yellow Underwing
🇳🇱 Volgeling
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👀 578 in NL
#2429 📷 9Knot Grass Moth
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#2439 📷 10Square-spot Rustic
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 468594, Wikidata Q1314764, GBIF 5772206, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.