Species Details

ABH: 49.314

BF: 1282

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Dichrorampha sylvicolana

Authority: Heinemann, 1863

Vernacular: Sneezewort Moth

Account: Rare (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in marshy woodland, damp pastures, river-banks and ditches in parts of south-eastern England The dark general appearance and the dense orange-ochreous irroration in the distal half of the forewing and the pale ochreous-yellow medio-dorsal blotch are characteristic [Bradley]. Larva feeds within roots of Sneezewort.

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 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 Jul (2010) — 1 Aug (2010)

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

Foodplant: Achillea ptarmica (Sneezewort).

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

Status: pRDB3

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2010

Latest Year: 2010

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