#2757 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Alder Signal
🇳🇱 Pootmot ·Stathmopoda pedella
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
📍 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland
📍 Haagse Hout, Den Haag, Nederland
📍 Voorschoten, Nederland
📍 Katwijk aan Zee, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Rasmus Allesoee · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Rasmus Allesoee · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Heiner Ziegler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 7. 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Haagse Hout, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Katwijk aan Zee, Nederland:© Joey Bom · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Stathmopoda pedella is a species of moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in Europe.
base stats
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 53 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 653 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Alder Signal
- Nederlands
- Pootmot
- scientific name
- Stathmopoda pedella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Stathmopodidae
- sightings in NL
- 53
- sightings in Europe
- 623
- sightings worldwide
- 653
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,911
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1761
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 204720, Wikidata Q149679, GBIF 1831643, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.