#2530 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Rosy-striped Knot-horn
🇳🇱 Prachtmot ·Oncocera semirubella
📍 Lingewaard, Gelderland, Netherlands
📍 2941 AM Lekkerkerk, Nederland
📍 3522 BL Utrecht, Netherlands
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Mishanook · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Marco Vicariotto · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 7. Lingewaard, Gelderland, Netherlands:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 2941 AM Lekkerkerk, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 9. 3522 BL Utrecht, Netherlands:© Robert Luttik · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Oncocera semirubella is a small moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in Europe, including the British Isles.
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 181 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 12,415 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Rosy-striped Knot-horn
- Nederlands
- Prachtmot
- scientific name
- Oncocera semirubella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Pyralidae
- sightings in NL
- 181
- sightings in Europe
- 11,313
- sightings worldwide
- 12,415
- GBIF records in NL
- 10,675
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
relatives· Pyralidae
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👀 408 in NL
#2468 📷 10Bee Moth
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Aphomia sociella
👀 351 in NL
#2488 📷 10Long-legged Tabby
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Synaphe punctalis
👀 278 in NL
#2519 📷 10Indian-Meal Moth
🇳🇱 Indische meelmot
Plodia interpunctella
👀 191 in NL
#2583 📷 10Dotted Oak Knot-horn
🇳🇱 Eikenlichtmot
Phycita roborella
👀 127 in NL
#2591 📷 10Large Tabby
🇳🇱 Vetmot
Aglossa pinguinalis
👀 123 in NL
#2609 📷 10Scarce oak knot-horn
🇳🇱 Rode eikenlichtmot
Acrobasis tumidana
👀 110 in NL
#2633 📷 10Grey Knot-horn
🇳🇱 Mutsjeslichtmot
Acrobasis advenella
👀 93 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324401, Wikidata Q148587, GBIF 1875120, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.