Photo © Mike Wall

Epiblema turbidana

Checklist Number
49.290 [B&F: 1182]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Tortricidae
Subfamily:Olethreutinae
Genus:Epiblema
Species:turbidana
Authority:(Treitschke, 1835)

Nationally scarce (Nb) in damp pastures, river-banks and ditches in parts of the British Isles. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight the only recent records are from Itchen Abbas and Alverstone. Wingspan 16-22 mm. Differs from E. grandaevana by its generally smaller size, ciliate antennae, the darker general coloration of the wings and the presence of a weak ocellus on the forewing [Bradley]. Larva feeds within roots and lower stems of Butterbur.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Shanklin (SZ58)1978-Peter J CrampAdult
Alverstone (SZ58)1995-P J CrampAdult
Alverstone (SZ58)1995-Tony DobsonAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Itchen Abbas (SU53)07/04/1980-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingLarval
Itchen Abbas (SU53)04/04/1981-J R Langmaid, D H, P H SterlingLarval
Itchen Abbas (SU53)17/06/2002-Brian ElliottAdult
Itchen Abbas (SU53)27/03/2003-J R Langmaid, B ElliottLarval