Species Details

ABH: 49.194

BF: 1111

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Bactra lancealana

Authority: (Hübner, [1799])

Vernacular: Common Lance

Account: Common in damp heathland, mosses, marshes, river-banks and moorland throughout the British Isles. Distinguished from B. furfurana by the crescent-shaped discocellular mark and the absence of a basal patch on the forewing; unicolorous specimens can only be separated by examination of the genitalia. Small specimens of B. robustana often resemble B. lancealana superficially and dissection of the genitalia may be necessary [Bradley]. Larva feeds within stems of Compact Rush, Common Club-rush and Deergrass.

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: 10 — 17 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 May (2009) — 20 Sep (2015)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/bactra-lancealana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 57

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2018

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