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#2774 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Common Drill

🇳🇱 Kommawortelmot ·Dichrorampha petiverella

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Common Drill, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Dichrorampha petiverella is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone.

base stats

  • NL sightings 49iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,728iNaturalist 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 49 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,728 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Common Drill
Nederlands
Kommawortelmot
scientific name
Dichrorampha petiverella
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
49
sightings in Europe
659
sightings worldwide
2,728
GBIF records in NL
360
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 362737, Wikidata Q1359159, GBIF 1738700, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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