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#2813 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Sycamore Piercer

🇳🇱 Morgenroodbladroller ·Pammene aurita

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Sycamore Piercer, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Pammene aurita is a species of moth belonging to the family Tortricidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 41iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 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 41 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 473 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Józef Razowski in 1992 (34 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Sycamore Piercer
Nederlands
Morgenroodbladroller
scientific name
Pammene aurita
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
41
sightings in Europe
443
sightings worldwide
473
GBIF records in NL
751
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1992 by Józef Razowski

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 481299, Wikidata Q13862350, GBIF 1744782, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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