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Eudemis porphyrana
Apple Marble (H?bner, [1799])
Tortricidae: Olethreutinae
1114 / 49.143

Similar Upper Thames Species
Oak Marble
Eudemis profundana
Foodplant:   Apple
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce A
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

A Nationally Scarce species restricted to parts of the south-eastern UK. Associated with apple, it is rarely found in our area with only four post-millennium records and none of them recent. Dissection would likely be required to prove separation from the far more common Eudemis profundana.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 5 (6%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1987.
Last Recorded in 2008.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
25/07/2008123SU78 - Henley, Hambleden, Warburg
19/07/2006 to 22/07/2006124SU98 - Slough (N), Burnham Beeches
06/07/2006 to 08/07/2006124SU98 - Slough (N), Burnham Beeches
22/07/2004122SU29 - Faringdon
10/06/1989222SP40 - Wolvercote, Wytham, Wootton
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