#2961 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

🇳🇱 Open-breedbandhuismoeder ·Noctua janthe

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © janegarden · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
5. Tilehurst, Reading, UK:© Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Tilehurst, Reading, UK:© Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Tilehurst, Reading, UK:© Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Tilehurst, Reading, UK:© Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Tilehurst, Reading, UK:© Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Tilehurst, Reading, UK:© Ross Laugher · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Noctua janthe , the lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing , is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. Some authors consider Noctua janthe and Noctua janthina to be the same species. It is found in Europe and North Africa.

base stats

NL sightings 3iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,291iNaturalist 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).