#2872 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Large Longhorn
🇳🇱 Bleke langsprietmot ·Nematopogon swammerdamella
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Leuth
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Scheveningen, Den Haag, Nederland
📍 Leidschendam, Nederland
📍 7095 BT De Heurne, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Raoul Gerend · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Leuth:© schelv · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Scheveningen, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 7095 BT De Heurne, Nederland:© Ron Rave · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Nematopogon swammerdamella is a moth of the family Adelidae.
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 31 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,010 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Large Longhorn
- Nederlands
- Bleke langsprietmot
- scientific name
- Nematopogon swammerdamella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Adelidae
- sightings in NL
- 31
- sightings in Europe
- 500
- sightings worldwide
- 2,010
- GBIF records in NL
- 989
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Adelidae
#2433 📷 7Yellow-barred Longhorn
🇳🇱 Geelbandlangsprietmot
Nemophora degeerella
👀 520 in NL
#2474 📷 9Green Longhorn Moth
🇳🇱 Smaragdlangsprietmot
Adela reaumurella
👀 323 in NL
#2613 📷 10Meadow Longhorn
🇳🇱 Pinksterbloemlangsprietmot
Cauchas rufimitrella
👀 108 in NL
#2942 📷 7Brassy Longhorn
🇳🇱 Gouden langsprietmot
Nemophora metallica
👀 8 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 451907, Wikidata Q1764031, GBIF 4522916, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.