Species Details

ABH: 49.040

BF: 1001

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Lozotaeniodes formosana

Authority: (Frölich, 1830)

Vernacular: Orange Pine 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: 13 Jun (2004) — 16 Oct (2014)

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

Foodplant: Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/lozotaeniodes-formosana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 123

Individuals: 8

Earliest Year: 1983

Latest Year: 2025

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