#2647 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Orange-spot Piercer
🇳🇱 Oranje dwergbladroller ·Pammene aurana
📍 Oisterwijk, Nederland
📍 Lisse, Nederland
📍 Haagse Hout, Den Haag, Nederland
📍 Leidschenveen-Ypenburg, Den Haag, Nederland
📍 6964 BE Hall, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Mick E. Talbot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Benoit NABHOLZ · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © Pascal Dubois · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Oisterwijk, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Lisse, Nederland:© Joey Bom · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Haagse Hout, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Leidschenveen-Ypenburg, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 6964 BE Hall, Nederland:© Benno te Linde · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Pammene aurana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of Europe and adjacent Asia.
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 87 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,378 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Orange-spot Piercer
- Nederlands
- Oranje dwergbladroller
- scientific name
- Pammene aurana
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Tortricidae
- sightings in NL
- 87
- sightings in Europe
- 1,333
- sightings worldwide
- 1,378
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,891
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Tortricidae
#2415 📷 9Common Marble
🇳🇱 Brandnetelbladroller
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 205223, Wikidata Q3096583, GBIF 1744896, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.