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#2616 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Maple Leaftier Moth

🇳🇱 Kleine boogbladroller ·Acleris forsskaleana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Maple Leaftier Moth, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Acleris forsskaleana , the maple leaftier moth , is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe and North America in woodlands and gardens.

base stats

  • NL sightings 105iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 5,516iNaturalist observations

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 105 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 5,516 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Maple Leaftier Moth
Nederlands
Kleine boogbladroller
scientific name
Acleris forsskaleana
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
105
sightings in Europe
2,362
sightings worldwide
5,516
GBIF records in NL
9,710
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 342688, Wikidata Q1354912, GBIF 1739922, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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