Photo © Mike Wall

Rhopobota myrtillana

Checklist Number
49.220 [B&F: 1162]

Verification
Record will normally be accepted but photo evidence may be required - check with CMR if not sure of identity

Classification

Family:Tortricidae
Subfamily:Olethreutinae
Genus:Rhopobota
Species:myrtillana
Authority:(Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)

Nationally scarce (Nb) on moorland, heathland and in mountains throughout much of the British Isles, more widespread in the north. In Hampshire it has been reported in the past from Mark Ash and Matley in the New Forest, Chilworth and Pamber Forest, but the only recent records are from the north of the New Forest in 2004 and 2007. Wingspan 9-12 mm. A distinctive species which differs from R. stagnana by its smaller size, relatively broad forewing, the submetallic silvery plumbeous suffusion of the ground colour, and the invariably well-defined basal patch [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Bilberry and Bog Bilberry, living between leaves and shoots spun together with silk, over-wintering in a cocoon.

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)

No Larval records to show.

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Fritham (SU21)03/06/2004oneRichard J MooreAdult
Black Gutter Bottom, NF (SU21)02/06/2007oneRichard J MooreAdult