Species Details

ABH: 49.021

BF: 987

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Ptycholomoides aeriferana

Authority: (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)

Vernacular: Yellow Larch Tortrix

Account: Common in woodland throughout much of south-eastern England, where it was first recorded in 1951 The yellowish ground colour of the forewing and the dark hindwing are characteristic of this species [Bradley]. Larva feeds on European Larch, living between needles spun together with silk.

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: 17 — 21 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 Jun (2002) — 17 Jul (2013)

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

Foodplant: Larix sp. (a larch).

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/ptycholomoides-aeriferana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 6

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2018

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