Hysterophora maculosana
Bluebell Conch
Wingspan 10 to 14 mm. Although the sexes are superficially similar, the hindwings of the males are whitish, whereas those of the female are dark.
Occupying woodland habitat especially bluebell woods.
May and June.
The adults fly in May and June, the larvae subsequently feeding inside the seed capsules of bluebell.
In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as local.
Rare in our area.
Mike Higgott
Burleigh Wood
16 May 2023
sue
Bagworth
18 May 2019
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Species profile
- Common names
- Bluebell Conch, Small Bluebell Beauty
- Species group:
- insect - moth
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Tortricidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 17/05/2018 (McLoughlin, Margaret)
- Last record:
- 15/05/2026 (Bates, Adam)
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