#2976 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Armyworm Moth

🇳🇱 Eenstipgrasuil ·Pseudaletia unipuncta

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © John M. Faggard · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jorge A. Pérez Torres · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ilona · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Павел Несмеянов · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Grant Wang · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Marco Vicariotto · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © cjackson · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Luca Sattin · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Mythimna unipuncta , the true armyworm moth , white-speck moth , common armyworm , or rice armyworm , is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. Mythimna unipuncta occurs in most of North America south of the Arctic, as well as parts of South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Although thought to be Neotropical in origin, it has been introduced elsewhere, and is often regarded as an agricultural pest....

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 46,349iNaturalist 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).