---
title: "Agaatvlinder"
description: "Phlogophora meticulosa — Insecten en spinnen. The angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/angle-shades
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Agaatvlinder

> Phlogophora meticulosa — Insecten en spinnen. The angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

- Scientific name: *Phlogophora meticulosa*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 21819
- Wikidata: [Q768921](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q768921)
- iNaturalist taxon: [205151](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/205151)

## Names

- en: Angle Shades
- de: Achateule
- es: Polilla de las sombras angulares
- fr: Méticuleuse
- nl: Agaatvlinder
- pl: Krokiewka lękliwica

## Countries with the most observations

GB (6173), DE (1943), FR (1541), AT (1047), DK (1002), IT (836), ES (565), CH (456), NL (399), PL (345), BE (303), CZ (274)

## Summary

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: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_shades

## Photo

![Agaatvlinder](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/angle-shades/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44757983

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/angle-shades?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).