Species Details

ABH: 20.021

BF: 420

Family: Argyresthiidae

Taxon: Argyresthia pruniella

=Argyresthia ephippella

Authority: (Clerck, 1759)

Vernacular: Cherry Fruit Moth

Account: Common in gardens, woodland and orchards throughout the British Isles. Fairly well distributed in Hampshire, but recorded very infrequently on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 10-12 mm. The main confusion species is A. bonnetella, which see for differences. Larva mines shoots and fruits of Cherry, including wild, ornamental and cultivated varieties, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in some areas, and over-wintering as an egg or small larva.

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: 10 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 May (2012) — 23 Aug (2009)

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

Foodplant: Prunus cerasus (Dwarf Cherry), Prunus sp.

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/argyresthia-pruniella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 67

Individuals: 7

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2022

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