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#2780 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Birch Marble

🇳🇱 Berkenmarmerbladroller ·Apotomis betuletana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Birch Marble, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Pentti Ketola · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Apotomis betuletana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of Europe. It is also found in the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone. The habitat consists of woods and woodland margins where birch occurs.

base stats

  • NL sightings 48iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,095iNaturalist 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 48 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,095 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811 (215 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Birch Marble
Nederlands
Berkenmarmerbladroller
scientific name
Apotomis betuletana
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
48
sightings in Europe
475
sightings worldwide
1,095
GBIF records in NL
2,881
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1811 by Adrian Hardy Haworth

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324317, Wikidata Q4780766, GBIF 1744728, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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