Species Details

ABH: 49.266

BF: 1200

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Eucosma hohenwartiana

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Common Knapweed Tortrix

Account: Common in dry open areas and grassland throughout much of the British Isles; rare in Scotland Large specimens of this species may be confused with E. cana but can be distinguished by the darker ground colour of the forewing which lacks longitudinal striations [Bradley]. Formerly conspecific with E. parvulana and E. fulvana, which see. Larva feeds within flowerheads of Common Knapweed.

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: 15 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 26 May (2017) — 18 Aug (2009)

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

Foodplant: Centaurea sp., Serratula 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/eucosma-hohenwartiana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 86

Individuals: 4

Earliest Year: 1996

Latest Year: 2024

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