#2749 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
fig-tree skeletonizer moth
🇳🇱 Gevlamde skeletteermot ·Choreutis nemorana
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Heinenoord
📍 Tafelbergweg, Laren, North Holland, NL
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Schouwen-Duiveland, Zierikzee, Zeeland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Vlad Proklov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Andra Temruk · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Emanuele Santarelli · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Heinenoord:© mirtevb · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Tafelbergweg, Laren, North Holland, NL:© Steven Schulting · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Schouwen-Duiveland, Zierikzee, Zeeland, NL:© Tom · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Choreutis nemorana , the fig-tree skeletonizer moth or fig leaf roller , is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae.
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 54 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,528 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1799 (227 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- fig-tree skeletonizer moth
- Nederlands
- Gevlamde skeletteermot
- scientific name
- Choreutis nemorana
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Choreutidae
- sightings in NL
- 54
- sightings in Europe
- 1,556
- sightings worldwide
- 2,528
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1799 by Jacob Hübner
relatives· Choreutidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 466473, Wikidata Q1076436, GBIF 7675186, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.