Species Details

ABH: 49.202

BF: 1118

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Ancylis uncella

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Heather Hook-wing

Account: Local on heathland, moorland and mosses throughout much of the British Isles, but not in northern Scotland Similar to A. geminana but a generally larger species and differs in having a well-developed pre-tornal marking which is confluent with the median fascia [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Bell Heather, Cross-leaved Heath and Birch, living within a spun or rolled leaf, over-wintering in a cocoon.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 15 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 Apr (2011) — 22 Aug (2017)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch), Erica sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/ancylis-uncella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 26

Individuals: 4

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2021

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