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49.076 BF1054 - Tortricidae - Tortricinae - Acleris cristana - Tufted Button

- Uncertain/Unknown - Insufficient Data

Taxonomy: Micro >> Tortricidae

Other Name/s: Tufted Tortrix

ID Difficulty: green

- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.

ID pointers: Extremely variable. Forewing costa is concave, with a large tuft of scales in mid-wing.

Distribution: Only a handful of modern day records. Probably under recorded.

Flight Period: March / April / May / August / September / - On the wing March-May and August-September.

Moth Activity: Nocturnal Crepuscular - and is attracted to light

Photographed: Yes - Photographed By: Will Soar © All Rights Reserved

Wingspan: 18-22mm

Food Plant: Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) and Hawthorn (Crataegus).

No Last Date Information Recorded

Last Recorded By: Not Recorded

Last Recorded General Area: Not Recorded

No First Date Information Recorded

IMAGES BELOW: Belper – Dave Evans © / Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar ©

Acleris cristana 9/2/2022 -Darwin Forest - Dave Evans

Acleris cristana 9/2/2022 -Darwin Forest – Dave Evans

9.076 BF1054 - Tortricidae - Tortricinae - Acleris cristana

Acleris cristana

9.076 BF1054 - Tortricidae - Tortricinae - Acleris cristana

Acleris cristana

9.076 BF1054 - Tortricidae - Tortricinae - Acleris cristana

Acleris cristana

9.076 BF1054 - Tortricidae - Tortricinae - Acleris cristana

Acleris cristana

9.076 BF1054 - Tortricidae - Tortricinae - Acleris cristana

Acleris cristana

9.076 BF1054 - Tortricidae - Tortricinae - Acleris cristana

Acleris cristana

9.076 BF1054 - Tortricidae - Tortricinae - Acleris cristana

Acleris cristana

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