Species Details

ABH: 49.187

BF: 1098

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Endothenia oblongana

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Plantain Marble

Account: Local on field edges, chalk downland and flower meadows throughout much of England and Wales Resembles a medium-sized E. gentianaeana but distinguished by the more broadly suffused apical area, which reduces or narrows the band of whitish ground colour beyond the median fascia, the more strongly dilated subterminal fascia, the pale patch from the tornus lacking a violaceous tinge, and by the paler hindwing [Bradley]. Despite what some publications say, the larva does not feed on Common Knapweed, but in the rootstock of Plantago lanceolata (Entomologist's Gazette (2010) Vol. 61).

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: 13 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 May (2011) — 17 Jul (2020)

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

Foodplant: Centaurea nigra (Common Knapweed).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/endothenia-oblongana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 17

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2007

Latest Year: 2020

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