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#2760 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Common Lutestring

🇳🇱 Tweestip-orvlinder ·Ochropacha duplaris

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Common Lutestring, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Alejandro Ocampo · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Common Lutestring ( Ochropacha duplaris ) is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It is found in China (Jilin), Russia, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and from Central Asia to Europe.

base stats

  • NL sightings 52iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,113iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

  • Spotted 52 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,113 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Common Lutestring
Nederlands
Tweestip-orvlinder
scientific name
Ochropacha duplaris
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Drepanidae
sightings in NL
52
sightings in Europe
1,898
sightings worldwide
2,113
GBIF records in NL
3,348
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1761

relatives· Drepanidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 475090, Wikidata Q44981, GBIF 1952532, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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