Species Details

ABH: 49.244

BF: 1132

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Epinotia subocellana

Authority: (Donovan, 1806)

Vernacular: Pale Willow Tortrix

Account: Common in deciduous woodland and damp areas throughout much of the British Isles Characterised by the comparatively clear cream-white antemedian band of ground colour which contrasts with the large metallic blue-grey ocellar patch and ferruginous apical area [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Sallow, living between leaves spun together with silk, over-wintering in a cocoon.

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: 10 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 27 May (2018) — 27 May (2018)

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

Foodplant: Salix sp. (a sallow).

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/epinotia-subocellana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2018

Latest Year: 2018

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