#2838 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Holly Tortrix

🇳🇱 Topspinnertje ·Rhopobota naevana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
5. Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Nieuwe Niedorp, De Meet, 1733 AZ Nieuwe Niedorp, Nederland:© jaaph · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 5694 Breugel, Nederland:© Aart Broekema · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Rhopobota naevana , the holly tortrix moth , holly leaf tier or blackheaded fireworm , is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Europe (including the British Isles) to eastern Russia, China (Tianjin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu), Taiwan, Mongolia, Korea and Japan. It is also present in India, Sri Lanka and North America.

base stats

NL sightings 36iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,781iNaturalist 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).