Species Details

ABH: 49.029

BF: 1002

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Lozotaenia forsterana

Authority: (Fabricius, 1781)

Vernacular: Large Ivy Tortrix

Account: Common in wooded gardens, hedgerows and woodland edges throughout the British Isles Distinguished by its relatively large size and the reticulate greyish brown forewing with strong costal markings [Bradley]. Larva polyphagous on the foliage of Ivy and a number of deciduous and coniferous trees and shrubs, and various herbaceous plants, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

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: 20 — 29 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 May (2011) — 13 Jul (2013)

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

Foodplant: Hedera sp., Polyphagous.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/lozotaenia-forsterana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 105

Individuals: 6

Earliest Year: 1983

Latest Year: 2025

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