#3058 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Spiny Hook-Tip

Watsonalla uncinula

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Fernando de Juana · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Associação Vita Nativa · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 7200 Campinho, Portugal:© Axel Gosseries · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. castel di guido:© diegoreggianti · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Almería, España:© faluke · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 7200 Campinho, Portugal:© Axel Gosseries · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 00060 Belvedere RM, Italia:© Riccardo Molajoli · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Città Metropolitana di Roma, Italia:© diegoreggianti · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Watsonalla uncinula , the Spiny Hook-tip , is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,215iNaturalist 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.
4,215 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1790 (236 years ago).