Species Details

ABH: 49.031

BF: 989

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Zelotherses paleana

=Aphelia paleana

Authority: (Hübner, 1793)

Vernacular: Timothy Tortrix

Account: Common on rough grassland and coastal sandhills throughout the British Isles, scarcer in the north Whitish or greyish ochreous forms of this species can be confused with A. unitana, but may usually be distinguished by the darker cilia of the forewing in both sexes, and by the orange-yellow suffusion on the head and thoracic region and on the basal area of the forewing, especially in the male [Bradley]; see also Bilberry Tortrix A. viburnana. Larva feeds on various grasses and herbaceous plants, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

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: 27 May (2011) — 5 Jul (2016)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 5 — Adults unidentifiable 😖 or pending grading 🧐
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/zelotherses-paleana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 57

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2025

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