ABH 49.294

Bramble Shoot Moth Notocelia uddmanniana

BF 1175

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Family

Tortricidae » Olethreutinae

Wingspan

15-20 mm.
   

Description

Easily distinguished by the chocolate-brown blotch on the forewing, contrasting with a greyish ground colour.Large and conspicuous red-brown or chocolate-brown pre-tornal marking.

   

Life Cycle

The foodplants are bramble, and other Rubus species, and the adult is on the wing in June and July Larva makes a ragged spinning in shoots of Bramble, Dewberry and Raspberry, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

 

Habitat

Woodland and hedgerows where bramble occurs.
   

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1175 Bramble Shoot Moth 0292