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Hoary Bell

🇳🇱 Distelknoopvlekje ·Eucosma cana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Hoary Bell, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Eucosma cana , the hoary bell , is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Henan, Guangdong, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang), Japan, Central Asia, Russia, Kazakhstan and most of Europe.

base stats

  • NL sightings 46iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 3,462iNaturalist 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 46 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 3,462 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811 (215 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Hoary Bell
Nederlands
Distelknoopvlekje
scientific name
Eucosma cana
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
46
sightings in Europe
1,055
sightings worldwide
3,462
GBIF records in NL
3,484
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1811 by Adrian Hardy Haworth

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324214, Wikidata Q11968066, GBIF 5103451, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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