Species Details

ABH: 49.259

BF: 1163

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Zeiraphera ratzeburgiana

Authority: (Saxesen, 1840)

Vernacular: Spruce Bud Moth

Account: Local in coniferous woodland and plantations throughout much of the British Isles Similar to Z. rufimitrana but differs by the larger and more sharply angulated basal patch, which approaches the median fascia more closely to enclose a nearly triangular blotch of ground colour, and paler hindwing [Bradley]. Larva feeds on buds of Norway Spruce and coniferous trees, living between needles spun together with silk, 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: 12 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 8 Jul (2012) — 8 Jul (2012)

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

Foodplant: Picea abies (Norway Spruce), Picea sitchensis (Sitka Spruce), Picea smithiana (Morinda Spruce), Pinaceae.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/zeiraphera-ratzeburgiana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2012

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