#2825 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Spindle Knot-horn
🇳🇱 Kraagvleugelmot ·Nephopterix angustella
📍 Anna Paulowna, Nederland
📍 Lange Dreef, Culemborg, Gelderland, NL
📍 Ede, Nederland
📍 4101 JK Culemborg, Nederland
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © James Glenn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Anna Paulowna, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Lange Dreef, Culemborg, Gelderland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 4101 JK Culemborg, Nederland:© Bas Engels · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Nephopterix angustella is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1796. It is found in Europe.
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 38 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,124 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1796 (230 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Spindle Knot-horn
- Nederlands
- Kraagvleugelmot
- scientific name
- Nephopterix angustella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Pyralidae
- sightings in NL
- 38
- sightings in Europe
- 779
- sightings worldwide
- 1,124
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,353
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1796 by Jacob Hübner
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👀 191 in NL
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Oncocera semirubella
👀 181 in NL
#2583 📷 10Dotted Oak Knot-horn
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👀 127 in NL
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 325966, Wikidata Q2789341, GBIF 1873411, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.