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Notocelia tetragonana

Checklist Number
49.293 [B&F: 1180]

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:Notocelia
Species:tetragonana
Authority:(Stephens, 1834)

Nationally scarce (Na) in woodland and scrubland in parts of Britain and western Ireland. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight there are a few records from the first half of the 20th Century, but nothing has been heard of the species since. Wingspan 13-16 mm. The comparatively short forewing and its dark fuscous mixed with blue-grey general coloration and sharply contrasting cream-white medio-dorsal blotch are characteristic [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Wild Rose, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

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)

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No Larval records to show.

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Freshwater (SZ38)1850-E R Bankes-

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Brockenhurst (SU30)1900--
Lyndhurst (SU20)1900--
Woodfidley (SU30)1900--
Ramnor Inclosure (SU30)1900--
Baddesley Great Covert (SU41)01/06/1935-W FassnidgeAdult
Baddesley Great Covert (SU41)16/06/1936-W FassnidgeAdult
Baddesley Great Covert (SU41)22/06/1936-W FassnidgeAdult