Species Details

ABH: 49.111

BF: 954

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Eupoecilia angustana

=Eupoecilia angustana angustana

=Eupoecilia angustana f. fasciella

=Eupoecilia angustana thuleana

Authority: (Hübner, [1799])

Vernacular: Dark-barred Straw

Account: Common on woodland edges, mountains and heathland throughout the British Isles. Apart from the somewhat confusing Shetland and Orkney subspecies, most closely resembles Vine Moth E. ambiguella, from which distinguished by the narrower and relatively diffuse median fascia of the forewing and the presence of a terminal fascia [Bradley]. Larva feeds within flowers of Greater Plantain, Ribwort Plantain, Yarrow and Heather.

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: 11 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 13 May (2006) — 5 Sep (2013)

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

Foodplant: Achillea sp., Calluna sp., Origanum sp., Plantago sp., Solidago sp., Thymus sp.

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/eupoecilia-angustana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 59

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2020

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