Species Details

ABH: 49.016

BF: 981

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Archips rosana

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Rose Tortrix

Account: Local in gardens and orchards throughout much of the British Isles A generally smaller species than A. crataegana; the male is readily distinguished by the unbroken median fascia; the more uniform coloration of the forewing and the relatively fine subterminal stria separate the female [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Rosaceae, fruit trees and deciduous trees and bushes, 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: male 15 — 18 mm; female 15 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 4 Jun (2007) — 7 Aug (2009)

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

Foodplant: Fraxinus excelsior (Ash), Rosa sp. (a Rose), Salix sp. (a sallow), Ulmus procera (English Elm).

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/archips-rosana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 8

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2010

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