Species Details

ABH: 49.357

BF: 1247

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Aspila funebrana

=Grapholita funebrana

Authority: Treitschke, 1835

Vernacular: Plum Fruit Moth

Account: Local in gardens, orchards and hedgerows throughout much of southern England, southern Wales and southern Ireland Similar to G. molesta but generally larger; distinguished from G. tenebrosana by the darker, greyish fuscous labial palpi and frons and the whitish irroration in the distal and medio-dorsal areas of the forewing [Bradley]. Larva feeds within fruit of Plum, Blackthorn, Wild Cherry and similar, over-wintering 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 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 May (2007) — 2 Sep (2020)

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

Foodplant: Prunus domestica (Wild Plum), Prunus sp., Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/grapholita-funebrana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 21

Individuals: 4

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2024

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