Species Details

ABH: 49.304

BF: 1207

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Clavigesta purdeyi

Authority: (Durrant, 1911)

Vernacular: Pine Leaf-mining Moth

Account: Local in pine woodland and plantations throughout much of England and Wales, spreading into southern Scotland The smallest of this group of pine-feeding species, C. purdeyi differs from the allied C. sylvestrana by the pronounced ferruginous-ochreous coloration of the forewing [Bradley]. Larva feeds within needles of Scots Pine, Lodgepole Pine and Corsican Pine.

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 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 May (2007) — 4 Sep (2014)

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

Foodplant: Pinus contorta (Lodgepole Pine), Pinus nigra (Austrian Pine / Corsican Pine), Pinus sp. (a pine), Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/clavigesta-purdeyi/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 11

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2024

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