Species Details

ABH: 49.286

BF: 1184a

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Epiblema cirsiana

Authority: (Zeller, 1843)

Vernacular: Knapweed Root-borer

Account: Common in a wide range of habitats throughout much of the British Isles This species was until recently considered to be just a small form of E. scutulana, which see. Larva feeds within stems of Marsh Thistle and Common Knapweed.

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: 12 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 May (2003) — 11 Jun (2004)

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

Foodplant: Centaurea nigra (Common Knapweed), Cirsium palustre (Marsh Thistle).

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/epiblema-cirsiana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 21

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1992

Latest Year: 2018

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