Species Details

ABH: 49.338

BF: 1261

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Cydia pomonella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Codling Moth

Account: Common in gardens, orchards and hedgerows throughout the British Isles. Dark specimens of C. splendana are reminiscent of C. pomonella, but the latter is distinguished by the more pronounced, transverse, dark brown strigulation and the large, distinctly coppery ocellus of the forewing [Bradley]. Larva feeds within fruit of Apple, Quince, Pear, Plum, Walnut and Whitebeam, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in some areas, 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: 14 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 May (2011) — 19 Sep (2011)

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

Foodplant: Malus sp. (an apple), Rosaceae.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

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

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 207

Individuals: 29

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2025

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