#2738 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

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🇳🇱 Bandlichtmot ·Sciota adelphella

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Reflectitur Photons · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Reflectitur Photons · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © purperlibel · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

Sciota adelphella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Josef Emanuel Fischer von Röslerstamm in 1836 and is found in Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 57iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 707iNaturalist 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 57 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
707 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Josef Emanuel Fischer von Röslerstamm in 1836 (190 years ago).