Species Details

ABH: 49.211

BF: 1128

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Ancylis myrtillana

Authority: (Treitschke, 1830)

Vernacular: Bilberry Hook-wing

Account: Local on moorland, damp heathland and mosses throughout much of northern England and Scotland. The whitish grey ground colour of the forewing and the almost triangular basal patch, which is constricted or interrupted below its apex, are characteristic [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Bilberry and Bog Bilberry, living within a spun or rolled leaf, over-wintering in a cocoon.

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: 31 May (2004) — 7 Jun (2010)

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

Foodplant: Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry), Vaccinium uliginosum (Bog Bilberry).

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/ancylis-myrtillana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2010

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