#3047 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Wandering Sunset

🇳🇱 Geelvleugelmot ·Uresiphita gilvata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Christine Sydes · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Heiner Ziegler · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Gaborone North smallholdings:© Christine Sydes · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Almería, España:© faluke · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Almería, España:© faluke · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Αττική, Ελλάδα:© Σάββας Ζαφειρίου (Savvas Zafeiriou) · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Pine Valley, house front deck:© Kate Braun · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Uresiphita gilvata is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in Europe and North Africa.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,039iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,039 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794 (232 years ago).