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#3059 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Zoensnuituil

Polypogon tentacularia

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL
Zoensnuituil, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

Polypogon tentacularia is a species of litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae . It is found in Europe.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 4,180iNaturalist 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.
  • 4,180 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

Nederlands
Zoensnuituil
scientific name
Polypogon tentacularia
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Erebidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
3,163
sightings worldwide
4,180
GBIF records in NL
2
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Erebidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 551937, Wikidata Q907834, GBIF 1771772, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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