Species Details

ABH: 49.225

BF: 1205a

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Spilonota laricana

Authority: (Heinemann, 1863)

Vernacular: Larch Bud Moth

Account: Local in woodland with larch throughout England, Wales and southern Ireland. An uncommon and local species in Hampshire and Isle of Wight, and specimens away from extensive larch plantations need critical examination to separate from melanic ocellana. Wingspan 12-16 mm. Formerly regarded as a dark form of Bud Moth S. ocellana, from which distinguished by the comparatively narrow forewings and the nearly pure white ground colour coarsely strigulate with blackish grey [Bradley]. Larva feeds within bark of European Larch, living between needles spun together with silk, and over-wintering in a silken chamber.

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: 12 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 29 May (2008) — 23 Aug (2008)

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: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 19

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2015

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