Species Details

ABH: 49.359

BF: 1245

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Aspila janthinana

=Grapholita janthinana

Authority: (Duponchel, 1835)

Vernacular: Hawthorn Piercer

Account: Common in hedgerows, gardens and woodland edges throughout much of England, Wales and southern Ireland The comparatively small size, the relatively broad forewing with purplish or pinkish ochreous general coloration and ochreous-yellow admixture along the termen, and in the male the blackish scales and hair-like cilia in the tornal area of the hindwing, are characteristic [Bradley]. Larva feeds within berries of Hawthorn, living between berries spun together with silk, over-wintering in a cocoon.

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: 9 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 28 May (2011) — 1 Sep (2008)

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: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/grapholita-janthinana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 20

Individuals: 4

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2024

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