Cydia fagiglandana

    Beech Mast Piercer

    TortricidaeABH 49.342 B&F 1259

    Common but local; understandably absent from the Levels where its foodplant, beech, does not occur, but strangely yet to be recorded from Exmoor and the Mendips where beech can be plentiful.

    Adult Verification Grade: 2

    Large Beech Piercer (Cydia fagiglandana) photographed in Somerset by John Bebbington
    Large Beech Piercer (Cydia fagiglandana) photographed in Somerset by Sue Davies
    Large Beech Piercer (Cydia fagiglandana) photographed in Somerset by Sue Davies
    Large Beech Piercer (Cydia fagiglandana) photographed in Somerset by Sue Davies