Species Details

ABH: 49.017

BF: 982

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Choristoneura diversana

Authority: (Hübner, [1817])

Vernacular: Wood Tortrix

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in gardens, scrub and fens throughout much of England and Wales Occasionally confused with Syndemis musculana but distinguished by the absence of white coloration in the forewing [Bradley]. Larva polyphagous on various trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

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: male 15 — 20 mm; female 19 — 23 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Jul (2009) — 10 Jul (2010)

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

Foodplant: Betula pendula (Silver Birch), Ulmus procera (English Elm).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/choristoneura-diversana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2009

Latest Year: 2010

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