#2433 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Yellow-barred Longhorn

🇳🇱 Geelbandlangsprietmot ·Nemophora degeerella

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © jomike · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © JÃ¼rgen Mangelsdorf · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Thorsten Usée · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Nigel Jones · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Er.We · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © AnneTanne · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Frans · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The longhorn moth or yellow-barred long-horn ( Nemophora degeerella ) is a diurnal lepidopteran from the moths family Adelidae (fairy longhorn moths).

base stats

NL sightings 520iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,989iNaturalist 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

Spotted 520 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #49 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
8,989 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).