Species Details

ABH: 49.243

BF: 1135

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Epinotia demarniana

=Epinotia rhomboidella

Authority: (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1840)

Vernacular: Blotched Tortrix

Account: Local in woodland, heathland, fens and bogs in parts of England and Wales Reminiscent of Epinotia trigonella and Epiblema scutulana but usually smaller and distinguished by its ochreous-white head and palpi [Bradley]. Larva feeds within catkins of Birch, Alder and Goat Willow.

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 — 17 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 22 May (2017) — 10 Jul (2010)

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

Foodplant: Alnus sp., Betula sp. (a birch), Salix caprea (Goat Willow).

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/epinotia-demarniana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 22

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2021

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