Angle shades: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the angle shades lives – recorded in 17 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Phlogophora meticulosa
Group	Butterflies & moths
Found in	17 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Noctuidae

Where does the angle shades live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the angle shades in 17 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the angle shades?

The angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) is an insect in the order Lepidoptera and the family Noctuidae, genus Phlogophora. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the angle shades

The angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is distributed throughout Europe as far east as the Urals and also in the Azores, in Algeria, and in Asia Minor, Armenia, and Syria. It is a migratory species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Angle shades (revision 1380890183), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q768921 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).