Species Details

ABH: 49.3445

BF: 1215

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Thaumatotibia leucotreta

Authority: (Meyrick, 1913)

Vernacular: False Codling Moth

Account: Recorded infrequently through accidental importation in citrus fruit, usually oranges, from Africa Larva is an important pest of citrus and other fruits, including avocado pear and guava and maize cobs, cotton bolls, castor-oil seeds and tea seeds and It is unlikely that the species can survive outside the tropics and subtropics [Bradley].

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: male 15 — 16 mm; female 19 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 13 Jul (2019) — 13 Jul (2019)

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

Foodplant: Citrus sp.

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

Status: Adventive

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 3 — Difficult to identify 🤔🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/thaumatotibia-leucotreta/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2019

Latest Year: 2019

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