Species Details

ABH: 49.313

BF: 1279

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Dichrorampha acuminatana

Authority: (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)

Vernacular: Common Daisy Moth

Account: Local on meadows and waste ground throughout much of the British Isles The attenuate shape of the forewing and its dark purplish brown coloration and the sharply demarcated dark grey apices of the cilia are characteristic [Bradley]. Larva feeds within roots of Ox-eye Daisy and Tansy.

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 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Apr (2011) — 3 Sep (2015)

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

Foodplant: Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy), Tanacetum vulgare (Tansy).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/dichrorampha-acuminatana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 44

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2024

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