Swiss National Moths Databank

Latest version published by Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch on Feb 4, 2026 Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch

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Description

Occurrences : https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?dataset_name=https://doi.org/10.15468/ynegtz

This dataset is maintained by info fauna (National Data and Information Centre of Swiss Fauna), a member of InfoSpecies. It includes records of the Moths pro parte (Lepidoptera: Brahmaeidae, Cossidae, Drepanidae, Endromidae, Erebidae, Euteliidae, Geometridae, Hepialidae, Lasiocampidae, Limacodidae, Noctuidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae, Psychidae, Pyralidae (Cydalima perspectalis), Saturniidae, Sesiidae, Sphingidae, Thyrididae) from Switzerland and the adjacent area. Data sources include field observations provided by a large network of volunteer collaborators, environmental impact studies, national inventories, literature and academic work. The period covered by the data extends from 1775 to the present day. All data provided have been subject to a validation procedure. Nomenclature follows SwissLepTeam 2010. Info fauna thanks the following partners for their involvement: Ladislaus Rezbanyai-Reser.

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 6710ad60-8e27-4a88-8673-4b89d7cd6192.  Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Switzerland.

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Contacts

Yannick Chittaro
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Scientific collaborator
info fauna
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CH-2000 Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel
CH
Sofia Wyler

Geographic Coverage

Switzerland and adjacent area

Bounding Coordinates South West [45.818, 5.956], North East [47.808, 10.492]

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 6710ad60-8e27-4a88-8673-4b89d7cd6192
https://ipt.gbif.ch/resource?r=ifn-mot