Species Details

ABH: 49.101

BF: 926

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Phalonidia manniana

Authority: (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1839)

Vernacular: Water Mint Straw

Account: Local in marshes, river-banks and other freshwater margins, predominately in southern England, but also in north Wales eastwards to Yorkshire Larva feeds within stems of Water Mint and Gypsywort.

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: 10 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Jul (2009) — 2 Jul (2009)

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

Foodplant: Lycopus sp., Mentha aquatica (Water Mint).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2009

Latest Year: 2009

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