#2978 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth

🇳🇱 Spinaziemot ·Spoladea recurvalis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Victor W Fazio III · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © wilsonnorman · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ricky Taylor · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © valryr · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Cristopher Rodríguez-Moreira · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Hsu Hong Lin · CC BY 4.0
7. Bheema Udiya, Munsyari, Uttarakhand 262554, India :© Ramnarayan K · CC BY 4.0
8. Indonesia:© Freya / Samsa · CC BY-SA 4.0
9. 4292 Dobri dol, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
10. Smoke Rise, AL 35180, USA:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

Spoladea recurvalis , sometimes known by the common name Beet Webworm Moth or Hawaiian Beet Webworm , is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found worldwide, but mainly in the tropics.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 36,314iNaturalist 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.
36,314 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).