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Olive Pearl

🇳🇱 Witvlekkruidenmot ·Udea olivalis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Olive Pearl, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Udea olivalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe.

base stats

  • NL sightings 32iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,341iNaturalist observations

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 32 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,341 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Michael Denis in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Olive Pearl
Nederlands
Witvlekkruidenmot
scientific name
Udea olivalis
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Crambidae
sightings in NL
32
sightings in Europe
1,164
sightings worldwide
1,341
GBIF records in NL
2,894
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1775 by Michael Denis

relatives· Crambidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 354735, Wikidata Q1961434, GBIF 1887177, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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