Cone Tortricid
Pseudococcyx tessulatana
Checklist Number49.2981 [B&F: 1209a]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Subfamily: | Olethreutinae |
| Genus: | Pseudococcyx |
| Species: | tessulatana |
| Authority: | (Staudinger, 1871) |
A very worn individual of this species was identified by dissection from a specimen caught on 30 August 2011 in Bridlington, east Yorkshire (Ent Rec 124: 64-66). The larvae feed on the fruits of Cupressus, and it is likely that the moth originated from plants introduced by the horticultural trade. A distinctive species with only superficial resemblance to other conifer-feeding tortricids. It is widely distributed in southern Europe from Iberia, eastwards to Bulgaria and as far north as Switzerland, with sporadic, probably adventive, records elsewhere.
