Species Details

ABH: 49.275

BF: 1192

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Eucosma conterminana

Authority: (Guenée, 1845)

Vernacular: Lettuce Tortrix

Account: Local in dry open areas in parts of southern England The pale yellowish brown general coloration of the forewing and the relatively conspicuous medio-dorsal blotch of light ground colour are characteristic [Bradley]. Larva feeds on flowerheads of Prickly Lettuce, Garden Lettuce and Great Lettuce, 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: 15 — 19 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Jul (2017) — 21 Jul (2017)

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

Foodplant: Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce), Lactuca virosa (Great Lettuce).

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/eucosma-conterminana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2017

Latest Year: 2017

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