Species Details

ABH: 49.167

BF: 1068

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Celypha rivulana

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Silver-striped Marble

Account: Local in a wide range of habitats, including open woodland, chalk downland and sandhills, throughout the British Isles A distinctive species, having well-defined forewing markings which normally contrast with the silvery white ground colour. Larva polyphagous on the flowers and shoots of various herbaceous plants, living in a silk spinning.

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 — 19 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Jun (2018) — 3 Aug (2019)

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: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/celypha-rivulana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 6

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2019

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