Species Details

ABH: 49.028

BF: 986

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Syndemis musculana

=Syndemis musculana musculinana

Authority: (Hübner, [1799])

Vernacular: Dark-barred Tortrix

Account: Common in open woodland, mature hedgerows and high moorland throughout the British Isles. The greyish white or white ground colour and the contrasting median fascia are characteristic [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Bramble, Oak and Birch, living within a spun or rolled leaf, and over-wintering in a cocoon.

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: 15 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 Apr (2007) — 30 Jun (2010)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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/syndemis-musculana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 121

Individuals: 18

Earliest Year: 1992

Latest Year: 2025

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