#2675 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Pale Prominent
🇳🇱 Snuitvlinder ·Pterostoma palpina
📍 Krimpen aan de Lek, Nederland
📍 Schiermonnikoog, NL-FR, NL
📍 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland
📍 De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © nutmeg66 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Braniego Asturcones · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Krimpen aan de Lek, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. Schiermonnikoog, NL-FR, NL:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. De Marne, Groningen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The Pale Prominent ( Pterostoma palpina ) is a moth from the family Notodontidae.
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 76 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,812 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759 (267 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Pale Prominent
- Nederlands
- Snuitvlinder
- scientific name
- Pterostoma palpina
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Notodontidae
- sightings in NL
- 76
- sightings in Europe
- 6,114
- sightings worldwide
- 6,812
- GBIF records in NL
- 14,687
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1759 by Carl Alexander Clerck
relatives· Notodontidae
#2427 📷 10Buff-tip
🇳🇱 Wapendrager
Phalera bucephala
👀 578 in NL
#2480 📷 10Oak Processionary
🇳🇱 Eikenprocessierups
Thaumetopoea processionea
👀 302 in NL
#2572 📷 10Iron Prominent
🇳🇱 Dromedaris
Notodonta dromedarius
👀 141 in NL
#2593 📷 7Coxcomb Prominent
🇳🇱 Kroonvogeltje
Ptilodon capucina
👀 123 in NL
#2604 📷 9Pebble Prominent
🇳🇱 Kameeltje
Notodonta ziczac
👀 116 in NL
#2615 📷 9Swallow Prominent
🇳🇱 Brandvlerkvlinder
Pheosia tremula
👀 107 in NL
#2635 📷 8Lesser Swallow Prominent
🇳🇱 Berkenbrandvlerkvlinder
Pheosia gnoma
👀 92 in NL
#2662 📷 10oak marbled brown
🇳🇱 Witlijntandvlinder
Drymonia querna
👀 82 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 320070, Wikidata Q2048415, GBIF 1825064, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.