Ancylis myrtillana

    Bilberry Hook-wing

    TortricidaeABH 49.211 B&F 1128

    A moth of Exmoor and the Quantocks, where it is probably under-recorded, its distribution mimicking the distribution of its foodplant, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus.  Only one VC6 record, from Burnham-on-Sea (surely a migrant), but not impossible it might exist along the greensand belt along the Wiltshire border, where its foodplant occurs.

    Adult Verification Grade: 1

    Bilberry Roller (Ancylis myrtillana) photographed in Somerset by Christopher Iles
    Bilberry Roller (Ancylis myrtillana) photographed in Somerset by Christopher Iles