Species Details

ABH: 49.339

BF: 1256

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Cydia servillana

Authority: (Duponchel, 1836)

Vernacular: Sallow Gall Moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in damp woodland in parts of England and southern Wales A distinctive species among the Olethreutines, C. servillana is reminiscent of the Cochylid species Hysterophora maculosana in general appearance, but is readily distinguished by the presence of an ocellus on the forewing [Bradley]. Imago seldom encountered at light, and more likely to be recorded in the larval stage, when galls are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva feeds within young shoots of Goat Willow and Grey Willow, forming slender, fusiform galls, 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: 11 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 Jun (2004) — 3 Jun (2004)

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

Foodplant: Salix caprea (Goat Willow), Salix cinerea (Grey Willow).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cydia-servillana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2004

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