Species Details

ABH: 49.238

BF: 1147

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Epinotia cruciana

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Willow Tortrix

Account: Local in a wide range of habitats throughout much of the British Isles The very oblique median fascia and the subterminal fascia, with which it is confluent, enclose a triangular patch of ground colour on the costa, forming a distinctive forewing pattern characteristic of this species [Bradley]. Larva feeds on terminal shoots of Creeping Willow, Eared Willow and Sallow, living between leaves spun together with silk.

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: 12 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Jun (2007) — 8 Jul (2001)

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

Foodplant: Salix aurita (Eared Willow), Salix cinerea (Grey Willow), Salix repens (Creeping Willow), Salix sp. (a sallow).

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/epinotia-cruciana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 5

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2010

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