Species Details

ABH: 49.005

BF: 1006

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Epagoge grotiana

Authority: (Fabricius, 1781)

Vernacular: Brown-barred Tortrix

Account: Common in woodland and on sand-dunes throughout the British Isles The bright ochreous-yellow ground colour of the forewing and the ferruginous-brown markings are characteristic. Flies at dawn and dusk. Larva feeds on Oak, Hawthorn and Bramble, 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: 13 — 17 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 11 Jun (2017) — 2 Aug (2011)

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp., Quercus sp. (an oak), Rubus sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/epagoge-grotiana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 32

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2022

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