Species Detail - Northern Heath Tortrix (Philedonides lunana) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Microlepidoptera collections (National Museum of Ireland)".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Philedonides lunana
Northern Heath Tortrix
NHMSYS0000503719
RecommendedWell-formed
Heath Twist , Philedonides lunana Thunberg, Philedonides prodromana (Hübner, [1816]), Philedonides walkerana (Curtis, 1828)
N/A
phlun
(Thunberg, 1784)
Insect - moth
Species
3
2
2
10/04/1893
30/04/1939
23 March (recorded in 2022)
27 June (recorded in 1964)
National Museum of Ireland, Microlepidoptera collections (National Museum of Ireland), National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Northern Heath Tortrix (Philedonides lunana), accessed 18 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/51/Species/82327>