#2442 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Green Oak Tortrix

🇳🇱 Groene eikenbladroller ·Tortrix viridana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0
2. © Céline · CC BY 4.0
3. © Céline · CC BY 4.0
4. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Gerrit Öhm · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © gailhampshire · CC BY 4.0
7. Kurassiersweg, Dorst, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Wateren, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Amsterdam, Oude Haagseweg:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 2211 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The green oak tortrix , Tortrix viridana , also known as the European oak leafroller and the green oak moth is a distinctive green moth whose larvae feed on tree leaves, especially oak.

base stats

NL sightings 451iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,942iNaturalist 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).