Species Details

ABH: 49.014

BF: 979

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Archips crataegana

Authority: (Hübner, [1799])

Vernacular: Brown Oak Tortrix

Account: Local in woodland throughout much of England and Wales Usually larger than Variegated Golden Tortrix A. xylosteana and differing in the broader forewing which in general appearance is browner and less variegated. The male is further separated by the median fascia which is obsolete on the costa; the female by the fuscous reticulation and the more prominent apex of the forewing [Bradley]. Larva feeds on deciduous trees and bushes, including Oak, Elm, Ash, Lime and Sallow, living within a spun or rolled leaf, and over-wintering as an egg

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: male 19 — 22 mm; female 23 — 28 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 May (2025) — 13 Jul (2023)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Fraxinus excelsior (Ash), Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak), Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak), Salix sp. (a sallow), Ulmus procera (English Elm).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/archips-crataegana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 84

Individuals: 3837

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2025

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