Species Details

ABH: 35.157

BF: 758

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Recurvaria leucatella

Authority: (Clerck, 1759)

Vernacular: White-barred Apple Moth

Account: Local in hedgerows and orchards throughout much of England and northern Wales Larva feeds on Hawthorn, Apple and Rowan, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

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: 14 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Jun (2025) — 21 Aug (2015)

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp., Malus sp. (an apple).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/recurvaria-leucatella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 73

Individuals: 12

Earliest Year: 1991

Latest Year: 2025

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