Species Details

ABH: 49.123

BF: 951

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Aethes beatricella

Authority: (Walsingham, 1898)

Vernacular: Broad-barred Straw

Account: Local on waste ground, in woodland edges and hedgerows throughout much of England and Wales Distinguished from A. francillana by the broader and less oblique median and postmedian fasciae of the forewing [Bradley]. Larva feeds within stems of Hemlock.

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: 14 — 17 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Jun (2008) — 29 Jun (2021)

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

Foodplant: Conium sp., Smyrnium sp.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/aethes-beatricella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 5

Individuals: 4

Earliest Year: 2008

Latest Year: 2024

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