#2987 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Four-spotted Moth

🇳🇱 Akkerwinde-uil ·Tyta luctuosa

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Allan Hopkins · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Ingeborg van Leeuwen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © de:Benutzer:Engeser · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. 538–798 17th St, Golden, CO, US:© fardlq · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Provincia di Pavia, Italia:© Luigi Andena · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Vernier, Switzerland:© jd_vernier · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Boulder, CO, USA:© roomthily · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Orth3:© Petra Urbanek · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Moura, Portugal :© António Matos · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 781 S Sedona Ct, Grand Junction, CO 81506, USA:© greengras2000 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Tyta luctuosa is a noctuid ("owlet") moth. Its common names include four-spotted moth and field bindweed moth . It is the only member of the genus Tyta , which forms a hitherto monotypic tribe Tytini in the Catocalinae subfamily. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. The genus was erected by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820 and the tribe was described by Herbert Beck in 1996.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 18,042iNaturalist observations

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