#3160 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth

Choristoneura rosaceana

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © allenwoodliffe · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Royal Tyler · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Royal Tyler · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Royal Tyler · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © bob15noble · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Annie-Ève Gagnon · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Long Island, Montauk, NY, US:© bugworld2 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Windsor, ON N9H 1R1, Canada:© Mark Nenadov · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. DuPage County, US-IL, US:© Haley Gottardo · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Cloud Lake, Thunder Bay District, ON, Canada:© Rob Foster · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Choristoneura rosaceana , the oblique banded leaf roller or rosaceous leaf roller , is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is native to North America, but has been accidentally introduced into other parts of the world.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 27,071iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
27,071 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841 (185 years ago).