Species Details

ABH: 49.166

BF: 1076

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Celypha lacunana

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Common Marble

Account: Common on woodland edges and roadside verges and in rough grassland, hedgerows and gardens throughout the British Isles. Although extremely variable, this species can usually be distinguished from its near relatives by the strong indentation or lacuna in the median fascia above the middle, and in dark forms this indentation tends to become obscure but is seldom totally obliterated [Bradley]. Larva polyphagous on numerous herbaceous, and some woody, plants, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

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: 14 — 18 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 May (2007) — 8 Nov (2006)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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/celypha-lacunana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 686

Individuals: 248

Earliest Year: 1994

Latest Year: 2025

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