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#2771 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Great Tortrix

🇳🇱 Reuzenbladroller ·Choristoneura hebenstreitella

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Great Tortrix, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Choristoneura hebenstreitella , the mountain-ash tortricid , is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Western Europe, Central Europe, the Near East and Iran.

base stats

  • NL sightings 50iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 495iNaturalist 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 50 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 495 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller in 1764 (262 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Great Tortrix
Nederlands
Reuzenbladroller
scientific name
Choristoneura hebenstreitella
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
50
sightings in Europe
330
sightings worldwide
495
GBIF records in NL
4,135
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1764 by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 333914, Wikidata Q1366894, GBIF 5102628, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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