#2787 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Winter Shade
🇳🇱 Voorjaarsbladroller ·Tortricodes alternella
📍 Vennweg, Südlohn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE
📍 Eursinge, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Noord Tilburg, Tilburg, Nederland
📍 Scheveningen, Den Haag, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Valter Jacinto | Portugal · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © romanvrbicek · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Vennweg, Südlohn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE:© SuSey · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 7. Eursinge, Nederland:© christiaandevries · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Noord Tilburg, Tilburg, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Scheveningen, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Tortricodes alternella is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except most of the Balkan Peninsula.
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 46 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,662 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Winter Shade
- Nederlands
- Voorjaarsbladroller
- scientific name
- Tortricodes alternella
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Tortricidae
- sightings in NL
- 46
- sightings in Europe
- 1,337
- sightings worldwide
- 1,662
- GBIF records in NL
- 10,005
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Ignaz Schiffermüller
relatives· Tortricidae
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Syricoris lacunana
👀 692 in NL
#2442 📷 10Green Oak Tortrix
🇳🇱 Groene eikenbladroller
Tortrix viridana
👀 451 in NL
#2482 📷 10Klimopbladroller
Clepsis dumicolana
👀 296 in NL
#2489 📷 9Variegated Golden Tortrix
🇳🇱 Gevlamde bladroller
Archips xylosteana
👀 276 in NL
#2490 📷 10Privet Tortrix
🇳🇱 Tuinbladroller
Clepsis consimilana
👀 272 in NL
#2515 📷 10Green Budworm Moth
🇳🇱 Gewone witvlakbladroller
Hedya nubiferana
👀 199 in NL
#2520 📷 7Barred Marble
🇳🇱 Paardenbloembladroller
Celypha striana
👀 191 in NL
#2523 📷 8Large Fruit-tree Tortrix
🇳🇱 Grote appelbladroller
Archips podana
👀 187 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 208502, Wikidata Q1317333, GBIF 1747050, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.