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Brindled Tortrix

🇳🇱 Koraalbladroller ·Ptycholoma lecheana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Brindled Tortrix, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Ryszard · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Ptycholoma lecheana , the Leche's twist moth , is a moth of the Tortricidae family . It is found in Europe, China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Hunan), Korea, Japan, Russia (Amur, Ussuri) and Asia Minor.

base stats

  • NL sightings 77iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,966iNaturalist 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 77 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,966 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Brindled Tortrix
Nederlands
Koraalbladroller
scientific name
Ptycholoma lecheana
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
77
sightings in Europe
1,309
sightings worldwide
1,966
GBIF records in NL
4,812
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 320275, Wikidata Q781784, GBIF 5102982, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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