Species Details

ABH: 49.184

BF: 1106

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Lobesia reliquana

Authority: (Hübner, [1825])

Vernacular: Wood Marble

Account: Local in woodland, gardens, orchards and parks throughout the British Isles Crepuscular. The narrow, sharply angled fore- and hindwings and the ferruginous general coloration of the forewing and its triangular, plumbeous and black dorsal patch are characteristic; the male is further distinguished by its white, apically infuscate hindwing [Bradley]. Larva feeds on shoots and leaves of Oak, Blackthorn and Birch.

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 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 May (2014) — 20 Jun (2004)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch), Juniperus sp., Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn), Quercus sp. (an oak).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/lobesia-reliquana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 16

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2017

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