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#2836 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Pinion-streaked Snout

🇳🇱 Gepijlde micro-uil ·Schrankia costaestrigalis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Pinion-streaked Snout, photo 1 of 7
1/7 © Petri Metsälä · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Schrankia costaestrigalis , the pinion-streaked snout , is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Europe, the Canaries, Madeira, Syria, Armenia. It is also present in New Zealand. The species closely resembles Crambidae or Pyralidae species.

base stats

  • NL sightings 36iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,888iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

  • Spotted 36 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,888 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by James Francis Stephens in 1834 (192 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Pinion-streaked Snout
Nederlands
Gepijlde micro-uil
scientific name
Schrankia costaestrigalis
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Erebidae
sightings in NL
36
sightings in Europe
1,040
sightings worldwide
2,888
GBIF records in NL
3,324
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1834 by James Francis Stephens

relatives· Erebidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 333910, Wikidata Q217773, GBIF 5113036, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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