Species Details

ABH: 49.149

BF: 1092

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Apotomis turbidana

Authority: Hübner, [1825]

Vernacular: White-shouldered Marble

Account: Common in woodland, especially of birch, and heathland throughout the British Isles. The forewing pattern and contrasting comparatively clear white ground colour are characteristic [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Silver and Downy Birch, living between leaves spun together with silk.

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: 19 — 23 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 May (2020) — 1 Sep (2023)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/apotomis-turbidana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 72

Individuals: 27

Earliest Year: 1992

Latest Year: 2025

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