#2523 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Large Fruit-tree Tortrix
🇳🇱 Grote appelbladroller ·Archips podana
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what is it?
Archips podana , the large fruit-tree tortrix , is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, Anatolia and is an introduced species in North America.
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 187 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,994 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Large Fruit-tree Tortrix
- Nederlands
- Grote appelbladroller
- scientific name
- Archips podana
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Tortricidae
- sightings in NL
- 187
- sightings in Europe
- 3,969
- sightings worldwide
- 4,994
- GBIF records in NL
- 20,510
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
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
#2524 📷 8Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix
🇳🇱 Leverkleurige bladroller
Pandemis heparana
👀 187 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324798, Wikidata Q136322, GBIF 1746832, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.