Species Details

ABH: 49.280

BF: 1170

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Gypsonoma oppressana

Authority: (Treitschke, 1835)

Vernacular: Mottled Grey Tortrix

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 18 Jun (2017) — 1 Jul (2009)

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

Foodplant: Populus alba (White Poplar), Populus nigra.

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: 2 — Care needed to identify, an image may be required 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/gypsonoma-oppressana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2017

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