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#2893 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Little Conch

🇳🇱 Blauwe distelbladroller ·Neocochylis dubitana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Little Conch, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Cochylis dubitana , the little conch , is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Heilongjiang) and most of Europe. and the Caucasus. It is also found in North America, where it has been recorded from Colorado, Maine, Ontario and Washington.

base stats

  • NL sightings 29iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,065iNaturalist 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.
  • 1,065 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Little Conch
Nederlands
Blauwe distelbladroller
scientific name
Neocochylis dubitana
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
29
sightings in Europe
467
sightings worldwide
1,065
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1127244, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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