#2750 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Scarce Black Arches
🇳🇱 Licht visstaartje ·Nola aerugula
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands
📍 1871 Schoorl, Nederland
📍 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Margaryta · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Jyrki Holopainen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Ralph Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © adinie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Shamil Murtazin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © adinie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 9. 1871 Schoorl, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Nola aerugula ( scarce black arches ) is a moth of the family Nolidae.
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 54 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,340 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1793 (233 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Scarce Black Arches
- Nederlands
- Licht visstaartje
- scientific name
- Nola aerugula
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Nolidae
- sightings in NL
- 54
- sightings in Europe
- 1,455
- sightings worldwide
- 2,340
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,295
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1793 by Jacob Hübner
relatives· Nolidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 244408, Wikidata Q1306103, GBIF 4534779, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.