#2545 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Marbled Piercer

🇳🇱 Gewone spiegelmot ·Cydia splendana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
2. © michi1 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Pascal Dubois · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ryzhkov Oleg · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Denis Ivanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Denis Ivanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Koppellaan 4:© Ayco Tack · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Segbroek, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 3439 LX Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Cydia splendana , the chestnut tortrix , is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe. It is also known as the acorn moth , but this can also refer to Blastobasis glandulella from North America, which belongs to the more primitive family Blastobasidae.

base stats

NL sightings 166iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,445iNaturalist 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).