#2778 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Beautiful China-mark

🇳🇱 Egelskopmot ·Nymphula nitidulata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Darius Bauzys · CC BY 4.0
3. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0
5. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
6. 8377 Kalenberg, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 5473 KX Heeswijk Dinther, Nederland:© sylletje · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 9482 Tynaarlo, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 7991 Dwingeloo, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Nymphula nitidulata , the beautiful china-mark , is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767. It is found in Europe, Japan (Hokkaido), Turkey, Armenia, Russia (Ural, Siberia, Amur) and China.

base stats

NL sightings 48iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,057iNaturalist 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).