Species Details

ABH: 49.108

BF: 930

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Gynnidomorpha alismana

Authority: (Ragonot, 1883)

Vernacular: Water-plantain Straw

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in streams, small rivers and shallow pools in parts of Britain and southern Ireland Similar to G. minimana but distinguished by the less angulate median fascia of the forewing and the pre-apical spot which is usually strigulate or fractured in the tornal area [Bradley]. Larva feeds within flowering shoots of Water-plantain.

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: 11 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 May (2017) — 30 May (2017)

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

Foodplant: Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2017

Latest Year: 2017

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