Species Details

ABH: 49.091

BF: 1011

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

Authority: (Fabricius, 1775)

Vernacular: Yellow-spotted Tortrix

Account: Common in a wide range of habitats, including gardens throughout the British Isles. The general yellowish coloration and metallic irroration of the forewing and the usually conspicuous pale yellow dorsal blotch readily distinguish this species [Bradley]. Larva feeds within fruits and berries of Wild and Garden Privet, and Ash, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 18 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 Apr (2019) — 24 Sep (2017)

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

Foodplant: Fraxinus sp., Ligustrum 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/pseudargyrotoza-conwagana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 209

Individuals: 10

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2024

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