#3024 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Lesser Pearl

🇳🇱 Fijne golfbandmot ·Sitochroa verticalis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Marco Vicariotto · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Богинский Евгений Иванович · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Shamil Murtazin · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Pašiliai, Lietuva:© dangara · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Südoststeiermark, Österreich:© lastovka · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 00060 Belvedere RM, Italia:© Riccardo Molajoli · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Provincia di Asti, Italia:© salvatore_infanti · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Sitochroa verticalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,295iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
7,295 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).