#2487 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Mother of Pearl

🇳🇱 Parelmoermot ·Patania ruralis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Александр Корепанов · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Anxos Romeo Barreiro · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Jay Lehtinen · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Patania ruralis , the mother of pearl moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Scopoli in 1763. It is found in Europe. The species is notable for its rolling locomotion.

base stats

NL sightings 279iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 21,162iNaturalist 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).