#2777 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Honeysuckle Moth
🇳🇱 Bonte spitskopmot ·Ypsolopha dentella
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 9747 Groningen, Netherlands
📍 Amsterdam-Noord, Amsterdam, Nederland
📍 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 Zuid-Holland, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © brendanboyd · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Larry Clarfeld · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Kjeld Brem · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © Nick Block · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 7. 9747 Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Amsterdam-Noord, Amsterdam, Nederland:© Stan van Remmerden · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The honeysuckle moth ( Ypsolopha dentella ) is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is found in Europe, Anatolia, north-eastern China, Russia and mideast Asia. It is also present in North America, where it is known from the eastern United States and southern Canada.
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 48 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,887 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Honeysuckle Moth
- Nederlands
- Bonte spitskopmot
- scientific name
- Ypsolopha dentella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Ypsolophidae
- sightings in NL
- 48
- sightings in Europe
- 953
- sightings worldwide
- 2,887
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,520
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Ypsolophidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 207523, Wikidata Q1367172, GBIF 4525540, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.