49.086 BF1051  –  Tortricidae –  Tortricinae – Acleris logiana – Pale Birch Tortrix Adult Micro:  CAT 2 – Confusion Species –       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
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Taxonomy:   Micro  >> Tortricidae  >> Tortricinae
Other Name/s: Grey Birch Button
ID Difficulty:  amber  – care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required.
ID pointers: A fairly distinctive species. The forewing colour is a powdered white or greyish-white, variably speckled with small blackish scale tufts and pale creamy brown diagonal cross-lines. One form has two blackish triangular-like patches on the costa.
Distribution:  (First record: 03/11/2023 at Glossop, Long Clough )  –  (Last record: 25/11/2024 at Long Clough )  –  These are the first accepted and confirmed records for VC57. A species which only reached Yorkshire in 2010. The first was recorded at Long Clough, Glossop on 3rd November 2023 and the second was from Wildboar Clough, Longdendale on 16th November 2023. A further sspecimen was taken at Long Clough on 25/11/2024 with all three records by Christian Heintzen. Status in Derbyshire is unknown but obviously a small population exists in the Glossop area of the county.
Flight Period: January /  February /  March /  April /  June /  July /  September /  October /  November /  December /  –  On the wing during Jun – July and September – April Moth Activity: Nocturnal  Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Christian Heintzen  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 7 May 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 18-22mm
Food Plant: Birch (Betula).
Last Recorded Date: 25/11/2024
Last Recorded Year: 2024
First Recorded Date: 03/11/2023
First Recorded Year: 2023
Last Recorded By – Christian Heintzen
Last Recorded General Area – Long Clough

IMAGES BELOW:  1st VC57 record – Long Clough, Glossop – 3rd November 2023 & Wildboar Clough, Longdendale, – 16th November 2023 – Christian Heintzen© – 25th November 2024 – Long Clough -Christian Heintzen

Distribution Map for Acleris logiana

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Found 6 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 6 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 0 from Before 2020

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Monthly Records By Year: Acleris logiana

Monthly Counts By Year: Acleris logiana

Recordings By Year: Acleris logiana

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Acleris logiana

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Acleris logiana

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Acleris logiana – 6 records available

Listed by Year - descending

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCount
Acleris logianaDerbyshire Wild Life Trust Long CloughSK09G202424/11/20241
Acleris logianaLongdendale, Wildboar CloughSK09U202415/02/20241
Acleris logianaSandiacre GardenSK43T202425/06/20241
Acleris logianaDerbyshire Wild Life Trust Long CloughSK09G202409/03/20241
Acleris logianaLongdendale, Wildboar CloughSK09U202316/11/20231
Acleris logianaDerbyshire Wild Life Trust Long CloughSK09G202303/11/20231

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