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#2563 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Vagrant Piercer

🇳🇱 Oranje eikenbladroller ·Cydia amplana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Vagrant Piercer, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Cydia amplana , the rusty oak moth , is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from central and southern Europe to Asia Minor, south-western Russia and Transcaucasus.

base stats

  • NL sightings 151iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,059iNaturalist 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 151 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,059 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Vagrant Piercer
Nederlands
Oranje eikenbladroller
scientific name
Cydia amplana
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
151
sightings in Europe
1,405
sightings worldwide
2,059
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 481297, Wikidata Q1178328, GBIF 1737918, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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