Species Details

ABH: 49.195

BF: 1110

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Bactra furfurana

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Marsh Lance

Account: Local in marshes, river-banks and ditches throughout much of the British Isles The weakly reticulate ground colour, the presence of a dark basal patch and a comparatively well-developed median fascia distinguish this species from B. lancealana and small examples of B. robustana; weakly marked and unicolorous specimens can only be separated by examination of the genitalia [Bradley]. Larva feeds within stems of Common Club-rush and Compact Rush.

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: 11 — 18 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 Jun (2010) — 5 Jun (2010)

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

Foodplant: Juncus conglomeratus (Compact Rush), Scirpus lacustris.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2010

Latest Year: 2010

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