49.094 BF923  -  Tortricidae -  Tortricinae - Phtheochroa sodaliana - Pied Buckthorn Beauty - (Haworth, 1811) Adult Micro:  CAT 2 - Confusion Species -       PDF Icon - click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon - click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Brown -  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Micro  >> . >>  Tortricidae
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Other Name/s: Trachysmia sodaliana
Buckthorn Conch
ID Difficulty:  amber  - care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely - quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Hysterophora maculosana(Small Bluebell Beauty)
ID pointers: A reasonably distinctive Tortrix species with a white ground colour and rufous apical spot combined with blackish blotches in the median fascia and metallic grey markings.
Distribution:  (Last record: 1984 at Hopton Quarry )  -  Uncertain due to insufficient data – Harrison & Sterling show Hopton Wood Quarry 1984 same record as DaNES 2/9/1984 from same site. Can’t find any other records
Flight Period: June /  July /  -  One generation June – July Moth Activity: Nocturnal   - active from dusk and attracted to light Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 20 March 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 14-16mm
Food Plant: Buckthorn
Last Recorded Year: 1984
No First Date Information Recorded

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