Species Details

ABH: 49.193

BF: 1104

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Endothenia quadrimaculana

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Marsh Marble

Account: Local in water meadows, marshes and on river-banks throughout much of the British Isles Larger than E. ericetana and has the apex of the forewing more sharply angulate and retuse; differs further by the normally paler ground colour and the more contrasting markings, and by the blackish and more obtusely angled, central, blotch-like median fascia [Bradley]. Larva feeds within roots and lower stems of Marsh Woundwort and Spear Mint.

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: 18 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Jul (2007) — 6 Sep (2006)

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

Foodplant: Mentha spicata (Spear Mint), Stachys palustris (Marsh Woundwort), Stachys sylvatica ?.

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/endothenia-quadrimaculana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2018

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