Lozotaeniodes formosana
Orange Pine Twist
Lozotaeniodes formosanus
Wingspan 20-26 mm. A distinctive and very attractive species.
Shows a preference for Scots Pine woodland.
It flies from dusk onwards between June and August, and is attracted to light.
Larva feeds on Scots Pine.
Mainly recorded in the southern half of Britain. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.
Quite common in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = A (common and resident)
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
18 July 2013
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
27 July 2011
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
27 June 2014
David Nicholls
Ratby garden1
20 August 2007
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
22 June 2014
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Species profile
- Common names
- Orange Pine Twist
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Tortricidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 108
- First record:
- 09/07/2003 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 19/07/2024 (Hague, John)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
03 July 2011 Harecroft Crescent Sapcote SP49019371 (taken 28.6.2010),.JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
04 July 2010
egaten
Thurlaston garden
10 July 2015
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
27 July 2011
 Harecroft Crescent Sapcote SP49019371 (taken 28.6.2010),.JPG)
