Species Details

ABH: 49.332

BF: 1268

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Cydia coniferana

Authority: (Saxesen, 1840)

Vernacular: Pine Bark Moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in pine woodland in parts of Britain and southern Ireland, where the larva feeds within damaged bark of Scots Pine

Differs from C. conicolana by the presence of a distinct medio-dorsal blotch on the forewing and the better defined black dashes in the ocellus. Similar to C.cognatana (which is confined to Scottish Highlands) from which it cannot be reliably distinguished on external features. C. cosmophorana has solid white marks whereas the white markings of C. coniferana are each more or less divided by a brown line.

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: 7 Jun (2011) — 23 Jul (2012)

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

Foodplant: Picea omorika (Serbian Spruce), Pinus nigra (Austrian Pine / Corsican Pine), Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify, an image may be required 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cydia-coniferana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 5

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2012

« Previous Random 🎲 Next »