Species Details

ABH: 49.220

BF: 1162

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Rhopobota myrtillana

Authority: (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)

Vernacular: Small Bilberry Marble

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 30 May (2009) — 8 Jun (2010)

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

Foodplant: Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/rhopobota-myrtillana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2009

Latest Year: 2010

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