Hedya ochroleucana
Wingspan 16 to 21 mm. Rather similar in appearance to some of the other Hedya species, this moth can usually be distinguished by the relatively clean-looking creamy outer part of the forewing.
Varied habitats, especially where the larval foodplants are found.
The adults are on the wing from June to early August.
The larva feeds on Rose species including cultivated varieties, and Apple spinning the leaves together.
A fairly common species in southern England and Wales, becoming scarcer further north, and rare in Scotland; scarce in Ireland. In the Butterfly Conservations Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.
Fairly frequent but not common in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = B (scarce resident or restricted distribution or regular migrant).
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
27 June 2015
egaten
Thurlaston garden
11 June 2016
Paul Palmer
Melton Mowbray Garden
03 July 2016
Hedya ochroleucana
Margaret McLoughlin
Whitwick Garden
04/07/2017
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
12 June 2023
male - confirmed by gen det
egaten
Thurlaston garden
07 June 2017
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Species profile
- Common names
- Buff-tipped Marble
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Tortricidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 50
- First record:
- 01/01/1998 (Adrian Russell)
- Last record:
- 28/06/2023 (Cooper, Barbara)
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