49.255 Grey Poplar Bell Epinotia nisella (Clerck, 1759)
Family
Tortricidae: Olethreutinae.
Status
Resident. Local.
Flight period
VC72
First for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Closeburn on 6th September 1970 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen at National Museums Scotland.
Other sites: Blawbare at Closeburn, Caerlaverock, Connansknowe at Kirkton, Dornockbrow, Eskrigg NR at Lockerbie, Glencaple, Perchhall Loch SSSI. VC73
First was found at Auchenshore on Auchencairn Bay during 2003.
Other sites: Barcloy Hill, Edingham, Ken-Dee Marshes RSPB, Kirroughtree, Milton.
VC74
No records.
Life cycle
Larval foodplants
Identification
Form decorana (photo) is seen as much as the nominate form. Another f. pavonana occurred at Castle Wood, Caerlaverock on 1 August 2013.
Habitat
Recorders' notes |
© Keith Naylor, Perchhall Loch, 6 August 2010, f. decorana
Distribution map displays records from the National Biodiversity Network (See terms and conditions). The following datasets are included:
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