Species Details

ABH: 49.095

BF: 925

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Phtheochroa rugosana

Authority: (Hübner, [1799])

Vernacular: Rugged Bryony Beauty

Account: Common in hedgerows and open woodland throughout England. Locally common on the chalk in Hampshire, but remaining extremely scarce on the Isle of Wight, where it was reported for the first time in 30 years in 2022. Wingspan 16-20 mm. A distinctive species with a characteristic roughened texture and variegated pattern of the forewing [Bradley]. Larva feeds in berries and stems of White Bryony.

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: 16 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 Apr (2002) — 7 Jul (1997)

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

Foodplant: Bryonia sp.

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/phtheochroa-rugosana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 64

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2024

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