#2497 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Rusty Dot Pearl
🇳🇱 Oranje kruidenmot ·Udea ferrugalis
📍 1792 CA Oudeschild, Nederland
📍 Nuenen, Nederland
📍 2941 AM Lekkerkerk, Nederland
📍 5036 VJ Tilburg, Nederland
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 9977 Kloosterburen, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Alejandro Ocampo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Charlotte · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Urszula Wojciechowska · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 1792 CA Oudeschild, Nederland:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 6. Nuenen, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 2941 AM Lekkerkerk, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. 5036 VJ Tilburg, Nederland:© Wendy de Beer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 9977 Kloosterburen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Udea ferrugalis , the rusty dot pearl , is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.
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 247 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 15,795 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1796 (230 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Rusty Dot Pearl
- Nederlands
- Oranje kruidenmot
- scientific name
- Udea ferrugalis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Crambidae
- sightings in NL
- 247
- sightings in Europe
- 12,850
- sightings worldwide
- 15,795
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1796 by Jacob Hübner
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#2411 📷 7Garden Grass-veneer
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#2421 📷 9Mint Moth
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👀 649 in NL
#2437 📷 10Small China-mark
🇳🇱 Kroosvlindertje
Cataclysta lemnata
👀 496 in NL
#2464 📷 10Small Magpie
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👀 360 in NL
#2478 📷 7Small Grey
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👀 303 in NL
#2486 📷 10Common Grass-veneer
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324928, Wikidata Q2133465, GBIF 1887198, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.