– Generally Common / Widespread
** Recent DNA profiling has shown Engrailed and Small Engrailed to be one and the same – Report as Engrailed – Ectropis crepuscularia
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ID pointers: Rests with wings open and flat. Ground colour brownish-white, brown or grey-brown. The markings are darker. On the central cross-line there is a darkish mark and two dark darts along the leading edge of the forewing. There are a number of wavy cross-lines with “W” shaped markings and scalloped markings on the hind-wings in particular. A really interesting identification note has come from one of our verifiers, Christian Heintzen, who comments “Aside from the other distinguishing feature(s) I have found that all the Engrailed that I have caught have a mark on the first abdominal segments that resembles a face with thick eyebrows or sunglasses”. See the inset in the image in the gallery below.
Distribution:
A resident that is locally common and widespread throughout Derbyshire. It is only common in a few well wooded areas which include well established coniferous plantations.
General Comment: None
*** Last updated on 29 March 2026 by RP ***
Forewing: 15-22mm
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