Friday 18 June 2021

Potential Grapholita lobarzewskii - East Oxford?

Plenty of interest in East Oxford over the last fortnight with a new macro to the garden: Peacock Moth, and as many are reporting, good numbers of Alder Moth (3rd -6th records here). Other species in unusually good numbers for this site include Puss Moth, with 6 individuals so far.

Perhaps of more significance is this Tortrix caught last night (17/6) which seems to me a good match for Grapholita lobarzewskii - or Kent Fruit-Piercer. I think it has been recorded in the region before, though Sterling & Parsons list it as very local, and the map doesn't seem to cover quite our region.


Putative Grapholita lobarzewskii, East Oxford 17 June 2021

3 comments:

  1. Can't confirm or deny the ID but I've had it several times here in Garsington just a couple of miles south east of Oxford.

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  2. Hi Ben,
    It does look as if it could well be lobarzewskii, although a photo outside the pot would make life much easier (the glass tends to distort and subdues colours so you don't always get a true representation). As Mark infers, these days the moth is much more widespread than the Field Guide indicates.

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  3. Thanks Mark & Dave. I'll try for a better image, but think my camera and the light the last two days have not been helping

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