Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
Cydia ulicetana
CYDIA ulicetana (Haworth, 1811)
Cydia ulicetana
CYDIA ulicetana (Haworth, 1811)
Life Cycle Guide-Imago Only
Description
Vernacular Names: Grey Gorse Piercer : The Gorse moth : The Gorse bud moth : The Light Striped-edge
Wingspan: 12-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Western Europe-Britain : Channel Islands : France : Germany : Italy : Spain : Portugal : Macedonia : Bulgaria and Switzerland (Migrant). : Introduced into Hawaii and New Zealand
UK Distribution: Common throughout Britain wherever Gorse can be found.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Heathland : Woodland clearings : Scrub : Grassland-The moth is common wherever its larval food plants Gorse and Broom are in good quantities.
Similar Species:
Observation: Here in North East Hampshire I found these micro moths on vast swathes of heathland where they can be seen flying around Broom and Gorse in May in their hundreds if not thousands,they just seemed to be everywhere and were very easily disturbed from their hiding places in the food plants as one walked past during the dull weather that day. The moth is easily attracted to light.
The moth has been introduced into various countries like New Zealand and Hawaii as part of land management to control the spread of Gorse.
Wingspan: 12-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Western Europe-Britain : Channel Islands : France : Germany : Italy : Spain : Portugal : Macedonia : Bulgaria and Switzerland (Migrant). : Introduced into Hawaii and New Zealand
UK Distribution: Common throughout Britain wherever Gorse can be found.
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km squares
- Least Concern
- Tortrix ulicetana Haworth, 1811
- Phalaena pomonella Linnaeus, 1758
- Not Specified
Habitat: Heathland : Woodland clearings : Scrub : Grassland-The moth is common wherever its larval food plants Gorse and Broom are in good quantities.
Similar Species:
- Cydia splendana Hübner, 1799
Observation: Here in North East Hampshire I found these micro moths on vast swathes of heathland where they can be seen flying around Broom and Gorse in May in their hundreds if not thousands,they just seemed to be everywhere and were very easily disturbed from their hiding places in the food plants as one walked past during the dull weather that day. The moth is easily attracted to light.
The moth has been introduced into various countries like New Zealand and Hawaii as part of land management to control the spread of Gorse.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website
where further information like photos,physical
characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal
uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
- Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Cytisus scoparius - Broom - Scotch Broom
- Ulex europaeus - Gorse - Furze - Whin
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Olethreutinae Grapholitini CYDIA Hübner, [1825] Cydia ulicetana (Haworth 1811) - Phalaena pomonella Linnaeus, 1758 - TORTRIX ulicetana Haworth, 1811 = Laspeyresia ulicitana Haworth, 1811 = Grapholitha consequana Zeller, 1847 = Grapholitha micaceana Constant, 1865 = Cydia conjunctana Moschler 1866 = Grapholitha conjunctana Moschler, 1866 = Grapholitha adenocarpi var. lambessana Caradja, 1916 - Lepidoptera Britannica (3): Title Page : p.458 - n.204 - Not Specified |