AuthorBradley, J.D., Tremewan, W.G. & Smith, A.
Year1973
TitleBritish Tortricoid Moths: Cochylidae and Tortricidae: Tortricinae (Vol 1)
ISBN0 903874 01 6
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the British species known at the time
Source147, 251pp, The Ray Society, London
Illustrations47 plates of halftone drawings of feeding signs and beautiful colour paintings of imagines.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Almost a coffee table book, this tome covers the Cochylids and Tortricines in great detail, with each species described under male, female (if different), variation, comments, larva, pupa, imago (ie habits), and distribution. There are no keys, so identification is by means of the beautiful colour paintings at the end of the volume. These illustrate at least one of each species, but it’s fair to say that, being water-colours, the colours are nowhere near as vibrant as in life and you do need to "get your eye in" to use the illustrations effectively.

Near the middle of the book is a set of half-tone reproductions of drawings of the feedings signs, although not every species is covered. The references to these are hidden in the species accounts, so they are easily missed.

After the colour plates is an alphabetical list of food plants with the associated larvae. This is followed by the bibliography and index.

Now hard to obtain the two volumes have been re-issued on CD-ROM by Pisces Conservation.

Examinein the hand in the Hand ( Compound Microscope is also useful)
Specimen PreparationLive or pinned specimens. Genitalia preps occasionally needed.
Website urlwww.pisces-conservation.com/
Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentTORTRICIDAEtortrix mothsAnimalia: Lepidoptera
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