Epinotia ramella
Small Birch Bell
Wingspan 13-16 mm. The typical form of this moth has a dark triangular patch on the forewing but a fairly common variation is Epinotia ramella var. costana, which has an all dark forewing with a pale edge on the costa.
Well wooded areas containing the food plants.
The adults fly from July into October
The larvae feed on the catkins of Birch and Willow.
Fairly common throughout Britain. In the Butterfly Conservation’s Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = A (common and resident)
 Harecroft Crescent Sapcote SP49019371 (taken 8.8.2010)....JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
08 August 2010
variant form "costana"
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
28 July 2016
standard form
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
27 July 2014
standard form
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
13 August 2022
 Harecroft Crescent Sapcote SP49019371 (taken 8.8.2010)....JPG)
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Species profile
- Common names
- Small Birch Bell
- Species group:
- insect - moth
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Tortricidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 33
- First record:
- 03/09/2004 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 12/08/2025 (Cranston, Elspeth)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
27 July 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
11 August 2011
standard form
