Cydia servillana
Wingspan between 11 and 15 mm.
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Damp areas containing broad-leaved willow species such as Goat Willow, Grey Willow, Eared Willow and Creeping Willow.
Adults fly in June and July, especially in the afternoon and early evening.
The larva feeds internally in a slender Willow twig, causing a slight swelling or gall.
British records are widespread, but thinly scaterred in the southern half of Britain. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as Nationally Scarce B.
Rare in VC55 (Leicestershire and Rutland) where it was not recorded until 2025.
Mark Skevington
Whetstone
11 May 2025
Mark Skevington
Whetstone
11 May 2025
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Species profile
- Common names
- Sallow-shoot Piercer
- Species group:
- insect - moth
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Tortricidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 11/05/2025 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 11/05/2025 (Skevington, Mark)
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