Species Details

ABH: 49.269

BF: 1197

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Eucosma campoliliana

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Pied Tortrix

Account: Common in dry pastures, sand-dunes and waste ground throughout the British Isles, most numerous in coastal districts. Fairly well distributed in Hampshire, particularly on chalk downland and near the coast, but very rarely recorded on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 13-18 mm. A distinctive species, characterised by the white ground colour of the forewing and the contrasting, fragmented, ferruginous-ochreous and black markings [Bradley]. Larva feeds within flowerheads of Common Ragwort, 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: 13 — 18 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Jun (2018) — 16 Aug (2015)

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

Foodplant: Senecio jacobaea (Common Ragwort).

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/eucosma-campoliliana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 62

Individuals: 11

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2021

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