Species Details

ABH: 49.324

BF: 1257

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Cydia nigricana

=Cydia rusticella

Authority: (Fabricius, 1794)

Vernacular: Pea Moth

Account: Common in allotments, market gardens, farmland and rough ground throughout much of Britain, more numerous in the south; rare in Ireland Distinguished by the overall uniform brown or grey-brown appearance of the forewing, which is finely irrorate with pale ochreous distally and has a poorly developed ocellus and usually conspicuous costal strigulae and interspaces; in the hindwing the white or cream-white cilia are characteristic and contrast strongly with the dark fuscous coloration of the wing; the male is further distinguished by the presence of a dorsal fold along the inner margin [Bradley]. Larva feeds within pods of Pea, Sweet Pea and Common Vetch, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in some areas, over-wintering in a silken chamber.

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: 12 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 May (2007) — 29 Aug (2013)

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

Foodplant: Lathyrus sp., Pisum sativum (Garden Pea), Vicia sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cydia-nigricana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 52

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2025

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