#2907 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Maanpalpmot
Teleiodes luculella
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Rolde, Netherlands
📍 6909 AL Babberich, Nederland
📍 Havelte, Nederland
📍 Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
📍 Station Mook-Molenhoek, Mook, Nederland
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
📍 Leusden, Utrecht, NL
📍 9431 TW Westerbork, Nederland
📍 Station Mook-Molenhoek, Mook, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 2. Rolde, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. 6909 AL Babberich, Nederland:© Benno te Linde · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Havelte, Nederland:© René Manger · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Station Mook-Molenhoek, Mook, Nederland:© JV · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Leusden, Utrecht, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 9. 9431 TW Westerbork, Nederland:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 10. Station Mook-Molenhoek, Mook, Nederland:© JV · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Teleiodes luculella , the crescent groundling , is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Europe to the southern Ural and Transcaucasia. The habitat consists of woodlands, including oak woodlands.
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 28 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 513 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1813 (213 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Maanpalpmot
- scientific name
- Teleiodes luculella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Gelechiidae
- sightings in NL
- 28
- sightings in Europe
- 444
- sightings worldwide
- 513
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,029
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1813 by Jacob Hübner
relatives· Gelechiidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 357385, Wikidata Q13798185, GBIF 1850246, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.