#2879 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Oak Carl
🇳🇱 Gewone eikenvlekmot ·Tischeria ekebladella
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Hoogezand, Nederland
📍 WUR, NL 
📍 9466 PB Gasteren, Nederland
📍 Domlaan, Bunnik, Utrecht, NL
📍 Landgoed Beerschoten, De Bilt, Utrecht, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Martin Høj Hansen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Jurga Motiejūnaitė · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Maksymilian Wojtkiewicz · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Hoogezand, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. WUR, NL :© invasive_nerd · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 9466 PB Gasteren, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Domlaan, Bunnik, Utrecht, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 10. Landgoed Beerschoten, De Bilt, Utrecht, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
what is it?
Tischeria ekebladella is a moth of the Tischeriidae family. It is found in most of Europe and the Caucasus.
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 30 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,229 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Clas Bjerkander in 1795 (231 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Oak Carl
- Nederlands
- Gewone eikenvlekmot
- scientific name
- Tischeria ekebladella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Tischeriidae
- sightings in NL
- 30
- sightings in Europe
- 1,574
- sightings worldwide
- 3,229
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,610
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1795 by Clas Bjerkander
relatives· Tischeriidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 468692, Wikidata Q7809530, GBIF 1939432, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.