#2463 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Rusty Tussock Moth
🇳🇱 Witvlakvlinder ·Orgyia antiqua
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Ramunė Vakarė · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Ramunė Vakarė · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Steve · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Orgyia antiqua , the rusty tussock moth or vapourer , is a moth in the family Erebidae.
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 360 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 22,961 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Rusty Tussock Moth
- Nederlands
- Witvlakvlinder
- scientific name
- Orgyia antiqua
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Erebidae
- sightings in NL
- 360
- sightings in Europe
- 15,381
- sightings worldwide
- 22,961
- GBIF records in NL
- 20,050
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 61910, Wikidata Q25647, GBIF 1819873, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.