#3065 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Guernsey Underwing

🇳🇱 Groene geelvleugeluil ·Polyphaenis sericata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Julien Bottinelli · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © ALLEMAND Guillaume · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Antoine Guiguet · CC BY 4.0
4. © Simon · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Център, Болгария :© katunchik · CC BY 4.0
6. Варна, Болгария:© victorsh · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Център, Болгария :© katunchik · CC BY 4.0
8. Barnag, 8291 Maďarsko:© mnauky · CC BY 4.0
9. Франсен, 73800 Порт-де-Савойя, Франция:© Anna Nikolenko · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. XP9H+89, 18030 Castel Vittorio IM, Italia:© Luca Sattin · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Guernsey Underwing ( Polyphaenis sericata ) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Europe and Asia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,672iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,672 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1787 (239 years ago).