Species Details

ABH: 49.292

BF: 1174

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Notocelia cynosbatella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Black Cloak

Account: Common in gardens and hedgerows throughout the British Isles. Readily distinguished from other Epiblema species by its yellow labial palpus and characteristic forewing pattern [Bradley]. Larva feeds on various wild and cultivated species of rose, living within a spun or rolled 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: 16 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 May (2025) — 28 Jul (2024)

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

Foodplant:

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/notocelia-cynosbatella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 174

Individuals: 20

Earliest Year: 1986

Latest Year: 2025

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