Species Details

ABH: 49.015

BF: 980

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Archips xylosteana

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Variegated Golden Tortrix

Account: Common in woodland and gardens throughout the British Isles Most similar to A. crataegana, but differing in the more variegated appearance and smaller size [Bradley]. Larva feeds on various deciduous trees and bushes, including Oak, Elm, Lime, Hazel, Field Maple, Sycamore and Ash, living within a spun or rolled leaf, and 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 — 21 mm; female 16 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 May (2023) — 6 Oct (2022)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 324

Individuals: 3384

Earliest Year: 1992

Latest Year: 2025

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