#2730 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Large Wainscot Moth

🇳🇱 Herfstrietboorder ·Rhizedra lutosa

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Baranyi Tamás · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Antti Tuomisto · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Baranyi Tamás · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © 灯原 · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Reitdiep, 9746 Groningen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
9. 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland:© Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 9321 Peize, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Rhizedra lutosa , the large wainscot or Isle of Wight wainscot , is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is native to the Palearctic ecozone (Ireland to Japan including the Russian Far East and Siberia). It has been introduced into eastern North America and is spreading.

base stats

NL sightings 58iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,805iNaturalist 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).