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Rhopobota ustomaculana (Loch Rannoch Tortrix)

Synonyms: Anchylopera ustomaculana; Eucosma ustomaculana; Steganoptycha dorsivitana; Steganoptycha ustomaculana (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Rhopobota ustomaculana, the Loch Rannoch tortrix or Rannoch bell, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone, where it has been recorded from China (Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Tibet) and Japan. The wingspan is about 13 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July. They fly during the afternoon and evening. The larvae feed on Vaccinium vitis-idaea. They spin together the leaves of their host plant, feeding on the upper parenchyma. The species overwinters in this stage.
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cairngorms 142543 Scotland, United Kingdom
Eryri/ Snowdonia 48773 Wales, United Kingdom  
Loch Maree Complex 38882 Scotland, United Kingdom
Rhinog 7770 Wales, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)[1]
Vaccinium myrtillus (myrtle blueberry)[2]
Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0