325 Cydia ulicetana

TORTRICIDAE | Olethreutini: Grapholitini

49.325 Cydia ulicetana (Common Gorse Moth)

ws: 12-16mm; bivoltine in south May, Jul-Sep, univoltine in Scotland May-Jul; gorse (Ulex spp), petty whin (Genista anglica), broom (Cytisus); common on heath and moor throughout GB.
Synonym: Cydia succedana (BTM, Pierce & Metcalfe)

Cydia ulicetana §1

ID: varies in colour and clarity of forewing markings. Similar to C.splendana (ws 14-22mm) but usually smaller with a less well-developed ocellus.
Male genitalia: readily identified from the deep emargination of the ventral border of the valva and branched apex of the aedeagus.
Female genitalia: characteristically shaped sclerotised plates around ostium; ring of small spicules in ductus bursae just posterior to junction with bursa copulatrix.

Variation
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia

§1 Minsmere, Suffolk; 16/05/2007; fw 6.7mm
§2 Newborough Forest, Anglesey; 29/07/2007
§3 Blean Woods, Kent; 22/04/2011; female; fw 5.7mm
§4 Horsey, Norfolk; 29/04/2011; male; fw 6.3mm
§5 Newgale, Pembrokeshire; 17/05/2011
§6 Mull; 25/06/2011; male; fw 5.9mm
§7 Ardnamurchan, Highland; male; 10/07/2012
§8 Lands End, Cornwall; 07/06/2013; female
§9 Thursley Common, Surrey; 18/05/2014; male; fw 6.8mm
All images © Chris Lewis

§10 Conwy Mountain, Caernarvonshire; 19/07/2015; female; fw 6.7mm
§11 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 23/05/2016; male; fw 5.5mm
§12 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 09/06/2017; female; fw 6.2mm
§13 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 12/06/2017
§14 ??; 2020; female
§15 ??, Devon; 29/07/2021; female; fw 6.2mm
§16 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; 20/08/2022
§17 Knipe Moor, Cumbria; 17/05/2022; netted by day