Species Details

ABH: 49.094

BF: 923

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Phtheochroa sodaliana

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Pied Buckthorn Beauty

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in dry pastures, heathland and fens in parts of England and south-western Ireland In some respects reminiscent of a small P. rugosana but at once distinguished by the conspicuous ferruginous-red apical spot and the generally white basal area of the forewing; the dappled hindwing distinguishes this species from Hysterophora maculosana [Bradley]. Larva feeds within berries of Buckthorn.

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: 13 — 17 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 May (2020) — 28 Jun (2013)

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

Foodplant: Rhamnus sp.

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phtheochroa-sodaliana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 6

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2020

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