Species Details

ABH: 49.295

BF: 1178

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Notocelia roborana

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Large Rose Shoot Moth

Account: Common in gardens and hedgerows throughout much of the British Isles This is one of three closely related and difficult to separate species (see E. trimaculana and E. rosaecolana). Differs from E. rosaecolana by the heavier basal patch which is darker and has the outer edge sharply defined and parallel with the termen [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Wild Rose and Cultivated Rose, living within a spun or rolled leaf, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 8 Jul (2010) — 26 Jul (2008)

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: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/notocelia-roborana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 7

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2010

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