#2889 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
White-foot Bell
🇳🇱 Hoefijzermot ·Epiblema foenella
📍 9166 RW Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 Ubbergen, Gelderland, Netherlands
📍 Zuid-Holland, Nederland
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 9699 Vriescheloo, Nederland
📍 Guido Gezellelaan, Delft, Zuid-Holland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Drepanostoma · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Jake David MacLennan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. 9166 RW Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Ubbergen, Gelderland, Netherlands:© dgcurrywheel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 9699 Vriescheloo, Nederland:© Dorine Post · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Guido Gezellelaan, Delft, Zuid-Holland, NL:© tamma · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Epiblema foenella , the white-foot bell , is a moth of the Tortricidae family.
base stats
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 29 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,367 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- White-foot Bell
- Nederlands
- Hoefijzermot
- scientific name
- Epiblema foenella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Tortricidae
- sightings in NL
- 29
- sightings in Europe
- 2,842
- sightings worldwide
- 3,367
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,818
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Tortricidae
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Syricoris lacunana
👀 692 in NL
#2442 📷 10Green Oak Tortrix
🇳🇱 Groene eikenbladroller
Tortrix viridana
👀 451 in NL
#2482 📷 10Klimopbladroller
Clepsis dumicolana
👀 296 in NL
#2489 📷 9Variegated Golden Tortrix
🇳🇱 Gevlamde bladroller
Archips xylosteana
👀 276 in NL
#2490 📷 10Privet Tortrix
🇳🇱 Tuinbladroller
Clepsis consimilana
👀 272 in NL
#2515 📷 10Green Budworm Moth
🇳🇱 Gewone witvlakbladroller
Hedya nubiferana
👀 199 in NL
#2520 📷 7Barred Marble
🇳🇱 Paardenbloembladroller
Celypha striana
👀 191 in NL
#2523 📷 8Large Fruit-tree Tortrix
🇳🇱 Grote appelbladroller
Archips podana
👀 187 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324384, Wikidata Q1359177, GBIF 1743532, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.