#2643 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Garden Rose Tortrix
🇳🇱 Witschouderbladroller ·Acleris variegana
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what is it?
The garden rose tortricid moth or fruit tortricid ( Acleris variegana ) is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It has a Palaearctic distribution. The moth flies from July to September mainly at night and is attracted to bright lights. The larvae feed on various trees and shrubs including rose and apple.
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 88 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,885 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Michael Denis in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Garden Rose Tortrix
- Nederlands
- Witschouderbladroller
- scientific name
- Acleris variegana
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Tortricidae
- sightings in NL
- 88
- sightings in Europe
- 2,907
- sightings worldwide
- 3,885
- GBIF records in NL
- 7,346
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Michael Denis
relatives· Tortricidae
#2415 📷 9Common Marble
🇳🇱 Brandnetelbladroller
Syricoris lacunana
👀 692 in NL
#2442 📷 10Green Oak Tortrix
🇳🇱 Groene eikenbladroller
Tortrix viridana
👀 451 in NL
#2482 📷 10Klimopbladroller
Clepsis dumicolana
👀 296 in NL
#2489 📷 9Variegated Golden Tortrix
🇳🇱 Gevlamde bladroller
Archips xylosteana
👀 276 in NL
#2490 📷 10Privet Tortrix
🇳🇱 Tuinbladroller
Clepsis consimilana
👀 272 in NL
#2515 📷 10Green Budworm Moth
🇳🇱 Gewone witvlakbladroller
Hedya nubiferana
👀 199 in NL
#2520 📷 7Barred Marble
🇳🇱 Paardenbloembladroller
Celypha striana
👀 191 in NL
#2523 📷 8Large Fruit-tree Tortrix
🇳🇱 Grote appelbladroller
Archips podana
👀 187 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 212354, Wikidata Q636026, GBIF 1739833, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.