Species Details

ABH: 49.325

BF: 1255

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Cydia ulicetana

=Cydia succedana

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Common Gorse Moth

Account: Common on heathland and moorland throughout the British Isles, becoming established even on isolated gorse bushes. Common and widespread in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight in appropriate habitat, and therefore scarce on the chalk. Wingspan 11-16 mm. Reminiscent of C. splendana in general appearance but differs in its smaller size and the weaker ocellus of the forewing [Bradley]. Larva feeds within seedpods of Gorse and, less frequently, Dyer's Greenweed, Petty Whin, Broom and Bird's-foot Trefoil, 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: 11 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 Mar (2012) — 8 Sep (2007)

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

Foodplant: Ulex europaeus (Gorse).

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-ulicetana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 161

Individuals: 450

Earliest Year: 1992

Latest Year: 2025

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