#2776 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Large Birch-Bright
🇳🇱 Sigaarzakdrager ·Taleporia tubulosa
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
📍 De Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Noordwijk, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Werner · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 7. De Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The large birch bright ( Taleporia tubulosa ) is a small nocturnal moth from the bagworm moth family (Psychidae). It is found locally in Europe, from southern Scotland, through west and central Europe, east up to Russia and the Balkans. In the north it is found in Fennoscandia. In mountainous areas it is found up to heights of 1,800 meters ASL.
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 49 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,387 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Anders Jahan Retzius in 1783 (243 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Large Birch-Bright
- Nederlands
- Sigaarzakdrager
- scientific name
- Taleporia tubulosa
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Psychidae
- sightings in NL
- 49
- sightings in Europe
- 452
- sightings worldwide
- 1,387
- GBIF records in NL
- 8,620
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1783 by Anders Jahan Retzius
relatives· Psychidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 483083, Wikidata Q898349, GBIF 1854849, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.