Species Details

ABH: 49.294

BF: 1175

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Notocelia uddmanniana

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Bramble Shoot Moth

Account: Common in hedgerows, gardens and woodland throughout the British Isles. Widespread and often fairly common throughout Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 15-20 mm. Distinguished by the large and conspicuous red-brown or chocolate-brown pre-tornal marking [Bradley]. Larva makes a ragged spinning in shoots of Bramble, Dewberry and Raspberry, 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: 15 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 May (2018) — 15 Sep (2024)

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

Foodplant:

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/notocelia-uddmanniana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 330

Individuals: 236

Earliest Year: 1985

Latest Year: 2025

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