Species Details

ABH: 49.322

BF: 1276

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Dichrorampha plumbagana

Authority: (Treitschke, 1830)

Vernacular: Lead-coloured Yarrow Moth

Account: Local on dry pastures, downland, waste ground and sand-dunes throughout the British Isles, predominantly coastal in the north of its range Flies in afternoon sunshine. The pronounced olive-grey general appearance of the forewing, the dense irroration, the silvery white ground colour, silvery plumbeous striae and obscure fasciate pattern are characteristic [Bradley]. Day-flying habits and preference for Yarrow are shared by the closely related D. sequana, which see. Larva feeds within roots of Yarrow.

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: 22 Apr (2009) — 20 Jun (2010)

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

Foodplant: Achillea millefolium (Yarrow).

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-plumbagana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 16

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2017

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