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Cyclamen Tortrix

🇳🇱 Koolbladroller ·Clepsis spectrana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Cyclamen Tortrix, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Clepsis spectrana , the cyclamen tortrix , cabbage leafroller or straw-colored tortrix , is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe.

base stats

  • NL sightings 183iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,018iNaturalist 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 183 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,018 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1830 (196 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Cyclamen Tortrix
Nederlands
Koolbladroller
scientific name
Clepsis spectrana
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
183
sightings in Europe
441
sightings worldwide
1,018
GBIF records in NL
6,560
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1830 by Georg Friedrich Treitschke

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 217191, Wikidata Q835446, GBIF 1737491, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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