#2848 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Common Crimson-and-gold Moth

🇳🇱 Purpermot ·Pyrausta purpuralis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Kostas Zontanos · CC BY 4.0
2. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Cécile Bassaglia · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Kostas Zontanos · CC BY 4.0
5. Maastricht, NL-LI, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Schiermonnikoog, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Bruinisse, Netherlands:© Jan Meerman · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Kampina en Oisterwijkse Vennen, Boxtel, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Drenthe, NL:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Pyrausta purpuralis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae and is found in Europe. The species closely resembles Pyrausta aurata and Pyrausta ostrinalis .

base stats

NL sightings 34iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,117iNaturalist 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).