#2575 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Clouded Drab

🇳🇱 Variabele voorjaarsuil ·Orthosia incerta

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Orthosia incerta , the clouded drab , is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe. The occurrence of the species extends through all European countries through the Palearctic to the Russian Far East and Japan. It is absent from northern Fennoscandia. In the Alps it occurs up to 2000 m above sea level.

base stats

NL sightings 133iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,287iNaturalist 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).