Bactra furfurana
Mottled Marble
Wingspan 13 to 19 mm. When well-marked this species is fairly distinctive, poorly-marked specimens are difficult to separate from other Bactra species.
This species occupies damp marshy habitats.
The adult moths fly in June and July.
The larvae feed in the stems of rushes such as Common Club-rush and Compact Rush hollowing out the stem.
Fairly frequent locally over much of the British Isles. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as local.
It appears to be uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland, where there are few records. L&R Moth Group status = D (rare or rarely recorded).
Pete Leonard
South Quarry, Sproxton
20 August 2021
andrew johnson
dadlington garden
22 July 2014
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Species profile
- Common names
- Mottled Marble
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Tortricidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 22/07/2014 (Johnson, Andrew)
- Last record:
- 20/08/2021 (Leonard, Pete)
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