Species Details

ABH: 49.288

BF: 1183

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Epiblema foenella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: White-foot Moth

Account: Common in rough and waste ground throughout England and Wales. Locally frequent in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight on waste ground amongst its foodplant, with a marked increase in the number of records in recent years. Wingspan 17-26 mm. The shining white, falcate medio-dorsal blotch on the forewing is characteristic [Bradley]. Larva feeds within stems and roots of Mugwort.

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: 17 — 26 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jul (2008) — 7 Aug (1996)

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

Foodplant: Artemisia abrotanum (Southernwood), Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort).

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/epiblema-foenella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 24

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2020

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