Species Details

ABH: 49.223

BF: 1159

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Rhopobota naevana

=Rhopobota unipunctana

Authority: (Hübner, [1817])

Vernacular: Holly Tortrix

Account: Common in woodland, heathland and gardens throughout much of the British Isles The sinuate notch below the apex of the forewing in both sexes and the patches of specialised scales on the hindwing in the male are diagnostic characters of this species [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Holly, Apple, Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Buckthorn, Rowan and similar, living between leaves spun together with silk, over-wintering as an egg.

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 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 May (2025) — 26 Sep (2011)

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

Foodplant: Ilex sp., Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 215

Individuals: 166

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2025

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