#2557 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
White Plume Moth
🇳🇱 Sneeuwwitte vedermot ·Pterophorus pentadactyla
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Kleimeer, Koedijk, Noord-Holland, NL
📍 Kleimeer, Koedijk, Noord-Holland, NL
📍 Schijndel, Nederland
📍 7701 Dedemsvaart, Nederland
📍 Nijmegen, Hatert-Delsenhof, 6535 NT Nijmegen, Nederland
📍 6577 Erlecom, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © bramblejungle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Joey Bom · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Marco Vicariotto · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © Til Mann · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Kleimeer, Koedijk, Noord-Holland, NL:© Ghislaine · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Kleimeer, Koedijk, Noord-Holland, NL:© Ghislaine · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Schijndel, Nederland:© Josephine Beijer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 7701 Dedemsvaart, Nederland:© Olmen Vos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Nijmegen, Hatert-Delsenhof, 6535 NT Nijmegen, Nederland:© akaaknl · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 6577 Erlecom, Nederland:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Pterophorus pentadactyla ( white plume moth ) is a moth of the family Pterophoroidea. It is found in Europe.
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 153 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 10,909 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- White Plume Moth
- Nederlands
- Sneeuwwitte vedermot
- scientific name
- Pterophorus pentadactyla
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Pterophoridae
- sightings in NL
- 153
- sightings in Europe
- 8,399
- sightings worldwide
- 10,909
- GBIF records in NL
- 8,525
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Pterophoridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 129485, Wikidata Q311096, GBIF 5123221, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.