Species Details

ABH: 49.354

BF: 1251

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Ephippiphora jungiella

=Grapholita jungiella

Authority: (Clerck, 1759)

Vernacular: Beautiful Crescent

Account: Common in woodland, downland and scrub throughout much of the British Isles Distinguished from G. internana and G. compositella by the paler general coloration of the forewing, the narrow, larger and more strongly curved medio-dorsal blotch and the well-developed ocellus [Bradley]. Larva feeds within seedpods of Bitter Vetchling, Bush Vetch and similar, living between leaves 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: 10 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Apr (2008) — 3 Jun (2010)

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: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/grapholita-jungiella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 42

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1992

Latest Year: 2025

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