49.159 BF1085  –  Tortricidae –  Olethreutinae – Hedya atropunctana – Black-spot Marble – (Zetterstedt, 1839) Adult Micro:  CAT 3 – Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive – confusion with leaf mines       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Tortricidae  >> Olethreutinae
Other Name/s: Shoulder-spot Marble
Metendothenia atropunctana
Hedya dimidiana
ID Difficulty:  amber  – care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Hedya pruniana(Plum Tortrix); Hedya nubiferana
(Marbled Orchard Tortrix)
ID pointers: Freshly emerged adults show a noticeable pinkish tinge to the white apical third area and other areas of white. This fades with age.
Distribution:  (Last record: 7 May 2025 at Beeley Moor )  –  Can only find two records one from Harrison & Sterling Beeley Moor 20/6/1986 & one from DaNES Crich Chase 23/5/1984 – No modern day accounts
Flight Period: May /  June /  –  One brood May – June Moth Activity: Cathemeral   – and is attracted to light Photographed: No –  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 14-16mm
Food Plant: Bog Myrtle, Willow and Birch – Favours areas of mosses and damp heathland
Last Recorded Year: 1986
Last Recorded By – Harrison & Sterling
Last Recorded General Area – Beeley Moor

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Distribution Map for Hedya atropunctana

Found 1 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 1 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Hedya atropunctana

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Hedya atropunctana
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
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Monthly Counts By Year: Hedya atropunctana
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Hedya atropunctana
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Hedya atropunctana
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Hedya atropunctana
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Hedya atropunctana
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
Hedya atropunctana
Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Hedya atropunctana
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Hedya atropunctana
( data includes Adult Stage only )

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Hedya atropunctana – 1 records available

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Site NameTetradDateCountStageSource
Crich Chase, Ambergate (site not precise)SK35L23/05/19841Adultvc57_danes_bc_data

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