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#2891 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Red Piercer

🇳🇱 Hertshooibladroller ·Lathronympha strigana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Red Piercer, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

Lathronympha strigana is a moth of the Tortricidae family.

base stats

  • NL sightings 29iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,473iNaturalist 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 29 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,473 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Red Piercer
Nederlands
Hertshooibladroller
scientific name
Lathronympha strigana
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
29
sightings in Europe
2,099
sightings worldwide
2,473
GBIF records in NL
3,227
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 326108, Wikidata Q1763049, GBIF 1736800, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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