Species Details

ABH: 49.234

BF: 1150

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Epinotia abbreviana

=Epinotia trimaculana

Authority: (Fabricius, 1794)

Vernacular: Brown Elm Tortrix

Account: Common in hedgerows and woodland throughout much of the British Isles, favouring low-lying areas Well-marked specimens are characterised by the well-defined basal patch, which is angular medially and broadly edged throughout with the light ground colour, and the median fascia being more or less edged throughout distally with plumbeous strigulation; in dark or almost unicolorous specimens this plumbeous strigulation is still evident [Bradley]. Larva feeds on buds of Elm, revealing a highly distinctive arc of holes, subsequently living within a spun leaf.

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: 4 Jun (2011) — 23 Jul (2008)

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

Foodplant: Acer campestre (Field Maple), Ulmus sp. (an elm).

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/epinotia-abbreviana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 33

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2023

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