#2421 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Mint Moth
🇳🇱 Muntvlindertje ·Pyrausta aurata
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what is it?
The mint moth ( Pyrausta aurata ) is a small moth from the family Crambidae, also known by the common name Small Purple and Gold .
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 649 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #37 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
- 19,359 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Mint Moth
- Nederlands
- Muntvlindertje
- scientific name
- Pyrausta aurata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 649
- sightings in Europe
- 16,594
- sightings worldwide
- 19,359
- GBIF records in NL
- 44,131
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 55658, Wikidata Q1477041, GBIF 1890534, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.