Species Details

ABH: 20.019

BF: 418

Family: Argyresthiidae

Taxon: Argyresthia conjugella

=Argyresthia conjugella f. aerariella

=Argyresthia conjugella f. maculosa

Authority: Zeller, 1839

Vernacular: Apple Fruit Moth

Account: Common in orchards and woodland throughout the British Isles, more numerous in the north. Day-flying, but may come to light. Similar species include A. spinosella, from which A. conjugella is distinguished by the ochreous tinge of its ground colour, slightly larger size and later flight time; and A. semifusca from which A. conjugella is distinguished by its more marbled markings and ochreous ground colour. Larva mines fruit and berries of Apple and Rowan, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in some area, and over-wintering as a pupa in a cocoon.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 10 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 May (2017) — 25 Jun (2010)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Malus sp. (an apple), Sorbus aria (Common Whitebeam), Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/argyresthia-conjugella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 25

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2022

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