Species Details

ABH: 49.143

BF: 1114

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Eudemis porphyrana

Authority: (Hübner, [1799])

Vernacular: Apple Marble

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in woodland in parts of southern England Distinguished from E. profundana by the obsolescent basal fasciae, which are never strongly developed on the dorsum, and the deeply indented whitish dorsal blotch [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Apple, 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: 17 — 21 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Jul (1997) — 19 Aug (2012)

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

Foodplant: Malus sp. (an apple), Quercus sp. (an oak).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/eudemis-porphyrana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 5

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2012

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