Species Details

ABH: 49.283

BF: 1167

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Gypsonoma aceriana

Authority: (Duponchel, [1843])

Vernacular: White Cloaked Tortrix

Account: Local in woodland, gardens, orchards and parks throughout much of southern Britain Distinguished from G. dealbana by the stronger and more extensive ochreous suffusion of the ground colour, the less angulated, straighter-edged basal patch and the black-centred ochreous apical spot of the forewing [Bradley]. Larva mines leaves and petioles of Poplar, living between leaves and petioles spun together with silk, subsequently burrowing into and feeding on stems.

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: 13 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 Jun (2011) — 26 Jul (2012)

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

Foodplant: Populus sp. (a poplar).

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/gypsonoma-aceriana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 8

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2019

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