Species Details

ABH: 49.249

BF: 1134

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Epinotia ramella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Black-marked Tortrix

Account: Common in birch woodland throughout much of the British Isles Distinguished from E. bilunana by the grey general appearance of the forewing and particularly the comparatively solid and sharply defined triangular patch on the dorsum; the male of E. ramella lacks the costal fold on the forewing [Bradley]. E. ramella flies later in the year than the similar E. bilunana and, like that species, comes freely to light. Larva feeds within catkins of Birch.

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: 13 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jul (2011) — 23 Sep (2006)

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: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/epinotia-ramella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 66

Individuals: 23

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

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