Species Details

ABH: 49.358

BF: 1246

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Aspila tenebrosana

=Grapholita tenebrosana

Authority: Duponchel, [1843]

Vernacular: Rose Piercer

Account: Local in woodland, gardens, orchards, parks and scrub throughout much of Britain and southern Ireland Distinguished from G. funebrana by the greyish white labial palpi and frons and the comparatively uniform purplish fuscous general coloration of the forewing [Bradley]. Larva feeds within fruit of Dog-rose and Cultivated Rose, 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 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 Jun (2010) — 25 Jul (2023)

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

Foodplant:

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-tenebrosana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 7

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2023

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