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Tortricidae (Tortricinae)

Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana (Haworth, 1811)

Subfamily: Tortricinae; Checklist: 49.004 Cambridge, Gwydir Street; 20 Jun 2002 A male - females are more lightly marked Larvae feed on various plants: can be a pest on raspberry. NBN Atlas

Grape Tortrix Argyrotaenia ljungiana (Thunberg, 1797)

Subfamily: Tortricinae; Checklist: 49.020 Cambridge, Gwydir Street; 16 May 2002 Length (head to wing cusp): 7.5mm Larvae feed (amongst other plants) on apple and pear trees, or grape vines (where available): can be a pest. NBN Atlas Enlarged photgraph

Large Ivy Twist Lozotaenia forsterana (Fabricius, 1781)

Subfamily: Tortricinae; Checklist: 49.029 Cambridge, Gwydir Street; 28 Apr 2002 Larvae feed on various plants including ivy. NBN Atlas

Carnation Tortrix Cacoecimorpha pronubana (Hübner 1799)

Subfamily: Tortricinae; Checklist: 49.030 Cambridge, Gwydir Street; 17 May 2002 Length (head to wing cusp): 7.5mm Has spread across Britain since first sighted ca. 1905 NBN Atlas

Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana (Walker, 1863)

Subfamily: Tortricinae; Checklist: 49.039 Cambridge, Gwydir Street; 2 Jun 2007 A native of Australia, introduced to Britain in the 1930s and has spread widely since then. Larvae feed on a wide variety of plants besides apple trees. NBN Atlas

Green Oak Tortrix Tortrix viridana Linnaeus, 1758

Subfamily: Tortricinae; Checklist: 49.059 Cambridge (Adams Road sanctuary TL434586) 26 Jun 2012. Larvae feed on oak leaves, to the point of being a pest by defoliation. Also other trees. T. viridana is the type species of the genus Tortrix and hence of the entire vast family Tortricidae of over 10,000 species. NBN Atlas

Common Yellow Conch Agapeta hamana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamily: Tortricinae; Checklist: 49.109 Wetlands Nature Reserve, Ickleton TL496442: 22 Jun 2023 Larvae feed on thistles (Carduus). Another "common" name given is "Hook-marked Straw Moth". NBN Atlas

Orange Conch Commophila aeneana (Hübner, [1800])

Subfamily: Tortricinae (Checklist: 49.113) Haslingfield Pit TL408516: 8 Jun 2023 Rather scarce in Britain, occurring locally in the southern half of England. The moths fly from May to July, and the larvae live from September throughout the winter, feeding in the roots of ragwort (Senecio jacobaea). NBN Atlas

White-bodied Conch Cochylis hybridella (Hübner, 1813)

Subfamily: Tortricinae; Checklist: 49.136 Cambridge, St Ives railway line (disused) TL463614; 27 Jun 2002 Length: about 8mm Distinuished from related species by its white thorax Larvae feed within the seedheads of ox-tongue (Picris) or hawk's-beard (Crepis). NBN Atlas

Ox-tongue Conch Neocochylis molliculana (Zeller, 1847)

Subfamily: Tortricinae; Checklist: 49.138 Cambridge, Trumpington Meadows TL432542; 9 Jun 2015 Described by Zeller from Syracuse in Sicily. First found in Britain 1991, has spread but still rather sporadically distributed at present. Larva feeds within seedheads of Bristly Oxtongue (Helminthotheca echioides) Previously known as Cochylis molliculana NBN Atlas

Common Marble Celypha lacunana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Subfamily: Olethreutinae; Checklist: 49.166 Cambridge (garden) 9 Jun 2002 Length (head to wing cusp): 8mm Often disturbed in daylight. Metallic gold sheen in sunlight. NBN Atlas

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