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#2761 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Triangle-marked Roller

🇳🇱 Dwarsstreephaakbladroller ·Ancylis achatana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Triangle-marked Roller, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Ancylis achatana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from central and southern Europe including the United Kingdom, east to the Baltic region, Asia Minor, Ukraine and Russia to the southern part of Trans-Ural.

base stats

  • NL sightings 52iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,227iNaturalist 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 52 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,227 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Triangle-marked Roller
Nederlands
Dwarsstreephaakbladroller
scientific name
Ancylis achatana
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
52
sightings in Europe
1,043
sightings worldwide
1,227
GBIF records in NL
2,901
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1775 by Ignaz Schiffermüller

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 359096, Wikidata Q1313633, GBIF 5103181, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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