Variegated Golden Tortrix - Archips xylosteana
Wingspan 15 to 23 mm.
Gardens and wooded areas.
The adults fly from just before dusk into the night and are on the wing during July and August.
It uses a range of deciduous trees and shrubs for its foodplants.
It can be found over much of Britain. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = A (common and resident).
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
23 June 2024
Pete Leonard
Harby, Watson's Lane
16 June 2020
Pete Leonard
Harby, Watson's Lane
16 June 2020
andrew johnson
dadlington
18 July 2013
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Species profile
- Common names
- Variegated Golden Tortrix, Variegated Golden Twist
- Species group:
- insect - moth
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Tortricidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 53
- First record:
- 12/07/2005 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 05/07/2025 (Strong, Kate)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
21 June 2020
Karaokeking19
Broughton Astley Garden
23 June 2024
Karaokeking19
Broughton Astley Garden
23 June 2024
Hazel Graves
Loughborough Garden 1
20 June 2024
