#2534 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Green Silver-lines
🇳🇱 Zilveren groenuil ·Pseudoips prasinana
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Mirko Tomasi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © nutmeg66 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 9351 JX Leek, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Ospel, Nederland:© Josephine Beijer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 3981 HH Bunnik, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Green Silver-lines (Pseudoips prasinana) is a moth of the family Nolidae, common in wooded regions, and having a wingspan of 30-35mm. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone (North and Central Europe, Russia, Siberia Korea, Japan).
base stats
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 178 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 10,247 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Green Silver-lines
- Nederlands
- Zilveren groenuil
- scientific name
- Pseudoips prasinana
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Nolidae
- sightings in NL
- 178
- sightings in Europe
- 8,830
- sightings worldwide
- 10,247
- GBIF records in NL
- 23,854
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Nolidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 321945, Wikidata Q998167, GBIF 1802280, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.