Species Details

ABH: 49.059

BF: 1033

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Tortrix viridana

Authority: Linnaeus, 1758

Vernacular: Green Oak Tortrix

Account: Common in oak woodland, woodland, parks, gardens and areas with scattered trees throughout much of the British Isles This species is unique amongst the British Tortricids in having a light green, almost unicolorous forewing [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Oak and deciduous trees, living within a spun or rolled leaf, over-wintering as an egg

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 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 May (2011) — 28 Jul (2024)

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

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

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/tortrix-viridana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 426

Individuals: 19746

Earliest Year: 1994

Latest Year: 2025

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