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#2856 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Waved Black

🇳🇱 Paddenstoeluil ·Parascotia fuliginaria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Waved Black, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Waved Black (Parascotia fuliginaria) is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is natively found in Europe and is an introduced species in North America.

base stats

  • NL sightings 34iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,439iNaturalist 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 34 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,439 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Waved Black
Nederlands
Paddenstoeluil
scientific name
Parascotia fuliginaria
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Erebidae
sightings in NL
34
sightings in Europe
1,192
sightings worldwide
1,439
GBIF records in NL
2,342
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1761

relatives· Erebidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 326921, Wikidata Q2546578, GBIF 1780150, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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