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Oak Nycteoline
Nycteola revayana

(Scopoli, 1772) 2423 / 74.009
Photo © Samantha Batty,  24/10/24. Austerfield, VC63. Gen.det.

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Express Record Oak Nycteoline

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Yorkshire Status: Local resident.

"Scarce" pronounced Porritt in 1883, and he listed just Scarborough and "near York" as sites, though he added Everingham and York in 1907. This unobtrusive little moth can easily be passed over as a micro, usually one of the Acleris species such as hastiana, as the forewing markings can be extremely variable and rather confusing to inexperienced observers. In the past it was thought to belong to this group of moths and was called "Large Marbled Tortrix". This is a moth of broad-leaved woodland, where, as the name suggests, the larvae feed on oak. It occasionally wanders into gardens. Numbers seem to vary a lot from year to year, though we usually receive 30 to 40. It seems to have two overlapping generations, and over-winters as an adult, so it is one of the very few species of moth where we have records in every month of the year.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: There have only been a few recent records of this species in Yorkshire. It was previously quite common at Scarborough (VC62) and Everingham (VC61) (Porritt, 1883-86, 1904) and A. Smith also recorded it at Pickering (VC62) (Walsh, 1956).

Recorded in 78 (39%) of 200 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1867.
Last Recorded in 2024.
Additional Stats

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Forewing: 11-13mm
Flight: March - August and mid-August - mid-October
Foodplant:   Pedunculate Oak and Sessile Oak
Red List Status: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1
List Species Records   [Show All Latest]
Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
06/11/2024163SE23 - Horsforth / Headingly / Pudsey
01/11/2024164SE24 - Bramhope / Otley
31/10/2024163SK69 - New Rossington / Austerfield
28/10/2024161TA17 - Bempton
24/10/2024163SK69 - New Rossington / Austerfield
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