Species Details

ABH: 49.096

BF: 924

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Hysterophora maculosana

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Small Bluebell Beauty

Account: Local in woodland throughout much of the British Isles, south of Inverness-shire Distinguished from Phtheochroa sodaliana by its smaller size, the generally darker coloration of the forewing, and the relatively whiter hindwing of the male and dark greyish fuscous hindwing of the female [Bradley]. Larva feeds within seedheads of Bluebell.

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: 26 Apr (2004) — 29 May (2010)

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

Foodplant: Hyacinthoides nonscripta.

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/hysterophora-maculosana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 12

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2010

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