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1001 Lozotaeniodes formosana
Flying :-
Common in England South of the Wash and in South Wales. Scarce in the rest of Britain but is spreading.
Food plant is Scots pine but it is often found some distance from pine woods.
993 Cyclamen Tortrix Clepsis spectrana
Flying :-
Common
Photo of Clepsis spectrana by Graeme Davis
1055 Acleris hyemana
Flying :-
Varies
in background colour and in the amount of patterning.
Common. The main food plants are Heather and Winberry so it is most frequent on heaths.
Photo of Acleris hastiana by Graeme Davis
Photo of Acleris cristana by Graeme Davis
Photo of Eulia ministrana by Graeme Davis
1041 Acleris sparsana
Flying :-
Common
Photo of Acleris sparsana by Graeme Davis
1015 Eulia ministrana
Flying :-
Common
936 Cochylimorpha straminea
Flying :-
Common
Photo of Cochylimorpha straminea by Chris Piper
3. Tortrix moths1 The Tortricidae -
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969 Chequered Fruit-
Flying :-
Common in England and Wales, particularly in the South; local in Scotland.
966 Cochylis atricapitana
Flying :-
Common
1062 Acleris emargana
Flying :-
Common
Moths formerly all regarded as Acleris emargana have recently been divided
into two species -
998 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana
Flying :-
Common in England and Wales; Local in Scotland and Northern Ireland -
Dimorphic -
1002 Lozotaenia forsterana
Flying :-
Common
Female tends to be larger than the male.
1010 Red-
Flying :-
Only common in England and Wales
Dimorphic -
1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Flying :-
Common
1018,…. Cnephasia species.
Many of the species in the Genus Cnephasia are too similar and too variable to generally
determine from photographs.
Common
1025 Tortricodes alternella
Flying :-
Common in England and Wales; Local in Scotland
1032 Aleimma loeflingiana
Flying :-
Common in England and Wales; Local in Scotland
1033 Green Oak Tortrix Tortrix viridana
Flying :-
Common
1036 Acleris forsskaleana
Flying :-
Common only in England and Wales
1038 x Acleris laterana/comariana
Acleris laterana cannot be usually separated from Strawberry Tortrix (A.comariana)
using photographs. See comparison page.
Flying :-
A.comariana June to October but mainly July, August
1042 Rhomboid Tortrix Acleris rhombana
Flying :-
Common
1044 x Acleris ferrugana/notana
Both species Common. Acleris ferrugana cannot be easily separated from Acleris notana
using photographs. Both species are very variable -
Flying :-
1043 Acleris aspersana
Flying :-
Common
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix Acleris variegana
Flying :-
A very variable species -
Common
1053 Acleris hastiana
Flying :-
A very variable species -
Common
1054 Acleris cristana
Flying :-
A very variable species -
Only common in the Southern half of
England and Wales.
938 Agapeta zoegana
Flying :-
Common
937 Agapeta hamana
Flying :-
Common
946 Aethes rubigana
Flying :-
Only common in England and Wales
970 Barred Fruit-
Flying :-
Common in England, Wales and Scotland
972 Dark Fruit-
Flying :-
Common -
977 Large Fruit-
Flying :-
Common in England and Wales
Strongly dimorphic -
980 Variegated Golden Tortrix Archips xylosteana
Flying :-
Common in England and Wales, particularly in the South; local in Scotland
Dimorphic -
981 Rose Tortrix Archips rosana
Flying :-
Classed as common but not as common as other Archips species
Dimorphic -
986 Syndemis musculana
Flying :-
Common
994 Clepsis consimilana
Flying :-
Strongly dimorphic -
Common
Female
Female Male
The Tortrix moths are all in the family Tortricidae. Of these many of the largest
and commonest species are in the sub-
A number of the common species are dimorphic -
Female Male
Female Male