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#2697 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Rose Tortrix Moth

🇳🇱 Heggenbladroller ·Archips rosana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Rose Tortrix Moth, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Nick Block · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Archips rosana , the rose tortrix , is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in both the Palearctic ecozone and the Nearctic ecozone.

base stats

  • NL sightings 66iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,779iNaturalist 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 66 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,779 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Rose Tortrix Moth
Nederlands
Heggenbladroller
scientific name
Archips rosana
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
66
sightings in Europe
832
sightings worldwide
2,779
GBIF records in NL
1,528
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 214086, Wikidata Q1253657, GBIF 1746856, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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