Phycita roborella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is – under its junior synonym Tinea spissicella – the type species of its genus Phycita, and by extension of the subfamily Phycitinae.
It is found in Europe. The wingspan is 24–29 mm.The forewings are fuscous, mixed or tinged with reddish and sprinkled with grey whitish, more whitish-suffused towards dorsum between lines; an erect triangular reddish-brown blackish-mixed patch from dorsum before first line, often preceded by a whitish shade; first and second lines pale, internally darker-edged; a curved darker transverse discal mark; some short black dashes on veins near before second line. Hindwings fuscous.The larva is brown-reddish, yellowish-freckled; subdorsal and lateral lines darker; head reddish-brown; 2 black-spotted; a white black ringed lateral spot on 3: amongst spun leaves of oak.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and descriptionlepiforum.de includes imagesParsons, M. Clancey, C. 2023 A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland Atropos Publishing Goater, B., Dyke . G. and Tweedie, R. 1986 British Pyralid Moths: A Guide to Their Identification
The moth flies in one generation from the end of June to September .
The caterpillars feed on oak, apple and pear.
References
Notes The flight season refers to Belgium and The Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
External links
waarneming.nl Lepidoptera of Belgium Phycita roborella on UKmoths