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#2883 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Yellow-spot Tortrix

🇳🇱 Zilvervlekbladroller ·Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Yellow-spot Tortrix, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Joey Bom · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Beijing, Shandong), South Korea, Japan, Russia (Siberia, Ussuri) and Asia Minor.

base stats

  • NL sightings 30iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,533iNaturalist 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 30 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,533 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Yellow-spot Tortrix
Nederlands
Zilvervlekbladroller
scientific name
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
30
sightings in Europe
1,243
sightings worldwide
1,533
GBIF records in NL
3,619
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324790, Wikidata Q143908, GBIF 1738245, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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