#2560 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Rush Veneer
🇳🇱 Luipaardlichtmot ·Nomophila noctuella
📍 Velsen-Zuid, Nederland
📍 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland
📍 Lisse, Nederland
📍 Nieuwe Niedorp, De Meet, 1733 AZ Nieuwe Niedorp, Nederland
📍 Botlek, Rotterdam, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Pavel Vojtek · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Roman Prokhorov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Mirko Tomasi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Velsen-Zuid, Nederland:© Pijke Torenvlied · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Lisse, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Nieuwe Niedorp, De Meet, 1733 AZ Nieuwe Niedorp, Nederland:© jaaph · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Botlek, Rotterdam, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
Nomophila noctuella , the rush veneer , is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.
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 152 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 23,037 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Rush Veneer
- Nederlands
- Luipaardlichtmot
- scientific name
- Nomophila noctuella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 152
- sightings in Europe
- 19,345
- sightings worldwide
- 23,037
- GBIF records in NL
- 14,916
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Ignaz Schiffermüller
relatives· Crambidae
#2401 📷 9Box Tree Moth
🇳🇱 Buxusmot
Cydalima perspectalis
👀 1.3k in NL
#2407 📷 10Pearl Veneer
🇳🇱 Blauwooggrasmot
Agriphila straminella
👀 974 in NL
#2411 📷 7Garden Grass-veneer
🇳🇱 Gewone grasmot
Chrysoteuchia culmella
👀 739 in NL
#2421 📷 9Mint Moth
🇳🇱 Muntvlindertje
Pyrausta aurata
👀 649 in NL
#2437 📷 10Small China-mark
🇳🇱 Kroosvlindertje
Cataclysta lemnata
👀 496 in NL
#2464 📷 10Small Magpie
🇳🇱 Bonte brandnetelmot
Anania hortulata
👀 360 in NL
#2478 📷 7Small Grey
🇳🇱 Variabele granietmot
Eudonia mercurella
👀 303 in NL
#2486 📷 10Common Grass-veneer
🇳🇱 Variabele grasmot
Agriphila tristella
👀 281 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 124027, Wikidata Q1595309, GBIF 1881151, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.