Species Details

ABH: 49.318

BF: 1284

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Dichrorampha vancouverana

=Dichrorampha gueneeana

Authority: McDunnough, 1935

Vernacular: Orange-spot Yarrow Moth

Account: Local in dry grassland, rough meadows, downland and scrub throughout much of Britain, more numerous in the south Often found during the afternoon and warm evenings flying around the foodplants. Distinguished from D. alpinana and D. flavidorsana by the sombre general coloration of the forewing, which is suffused with comparatively dull ochreous-orange and has a dull and inconspicuous medio-dorsal blotch [Bradley]. Larva feeds within roots of Yarrow 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 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Jun (2010) — 23 Jul (2011)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/dichrorampha-vancouverana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 15

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

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