#2916 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Feathered Gothic
🇳🇱 Gelijnde grasuil ·Tholera decimalis
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what is it?
Tholera decimalis , the feathered Gothic , is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe and Scandinavia then through the Palearctic to Asia minor, western Central Asia, southern Siberia and in North Africa.
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 22 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,267 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus in 1761 (265 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Feathered Gothic
- Nederlands
- Gelijnde grasuil
- scientific name
- Tholera decimalis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- sightings in NL
- 22
- sightings in Europe
- 4,647
- sightings worldwide
- 5,267
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,416
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1761 by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus
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#2423 📷 10Flounced Rustic
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👀 605 in NL
#2428 📷 10Lesser Yellow Underwing
🇳🇱 Volgeling
Noctua comes
👀 578 in NL
#2429 📷 9Knot Grass Moth
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👀 538 in NL
#2439 📷 10Square-spot Rustic
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#2440 📷 10Flame Shoulder Moth
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 429123, Wikidata Q25654, GBIF 1771509, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.