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Arched Marble

🇳🇱 Geisha ·Olethreutes arcuella

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Arched Marble, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Olethreutes arcuella , the arched marble , is a colorful small moth species of the family Tortricidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 116iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 3,829iNaturalist 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 116 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 3,829 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759 (267 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Arched Marble
Nederlands
Geisha
scientific name
Olethreutes arcuella
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
116
sightings in Europe
3,485
sightings worldwide
3,829
GBIF records in NL
10,034
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1759 by Carl Alexander Clerck

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 348689, Wikidata Q1631298, GBIF 1742185, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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