#2938 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
The Sallow
🇳🇱 Gewone gouduil ·Xanthia icteritia
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what is it?
Xanthia icteritia , the sallow , is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone (Europe except for the furthest south, and east to Central Asia, Korea and Japan).
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 9 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,332 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766 (260 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- The Sallow
- Nederlands
- Gewone gouduil
- scientific name
- Xanthia icteritia
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- sightings in NL
- 9
- sightings in Europe
- 3,651
- sightings worldwide
- 4,332
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,227
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766 by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel
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#2423 📷 10Flounced Rustic
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#2428 📷 10Lesser Yellow Underwing
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#2429 📷 9Knot Grass Moth
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#2440 📷 10Flame Shoulder Moth
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 326198, Wikidata Q883546, GBIF 1771678, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.