#2896 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Hooked Smudge
🇳🇱 Lichte spitskopmot ·Ypsolopha nemorella
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands
📍 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 1795 De Cocksdorp, Nederland
📍 Stadsparkwijk, Groningen, Nederland
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands
📍 Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Kim Falck · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Alexei Kouprianov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Wageningen, Nederland:© rbeunen · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 5. 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 1795 De Cocksdorp, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Stadsparkwijk, Groningen, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Ypsolopha nemorella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is found in northern and central Europe, mid-eastern China and Russia.
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 29 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 301 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Hooked Smudge
- Nederlands
- Lichte spitskopmot
- scientific name
- Ypsolopha nemorella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Ypsolophidae
- sightings in NL
- 29
- sightings in Europe
- 247
- sightings worldwide
- 301
- GBIF records in NL
- 389
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Ypsolophidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324618, Wikidata Q8365373, GBIF 4525530, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.