Epinotia nanana - Tony Davison
49.242 BF1145  – Small Spruce Tortrix  – Epinotia nanana  – (Treitschke, 1835)
Adult Micro:  CAT 3 – Very rare or scarce species (includes very scarce adventives/immigrants) – confusion with leaf mines       Leaf-miner:  CAT A – Recorded accepted without the leaf or a photo –       Larval Case:  C1 – Distinctive Species –      
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Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Tortricidae  >> Olethreutinae
Other Name/s: Small Spruce Bell
ID Difficulty:  amber  – care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  E.nigricana
ID pointers: A very tiny tortrix, which at first glance looks dark brown and bland looking. Closer viewing shows it to be very delicately marked.
Distribution:  (First record: 17 June 2016 at Findern )  –  (Last record: 25 June 2020 at Melbourne )  –  Not listed in Harrison & Sterling (1988). First VC57 record was from mv at Melbourne 23rd June 2020 (Tony Davison)
General Comment: None
Flight Period: June /  July /  August –  On the wing during June-August. Moth Activity: Nocturnal   – and is attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Tony Davison  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 7 November 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 9-11mm
Food Plant: Norway Spruce (Picea abies), Sitka Spruce (P.sitchensis).
Last Recorded Year: 2020
First Recorded Year: 2016
Last Recorded By – Tony Davison
Last Recorded General Area – Melbourne

Selected Images:  Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison© 



Temporal Distribution Chart
Adults: (between 2020 - 2025)
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Distribution Map for Epinotia nanana

Found 6 records
    ↳ from 2026+
    ↳ 6 from 2020 - 2025
    ↳ from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Epinotia nanana

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Epinotia nanana
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Epinotia nanana
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only )

First/Last Recorded Dates: Epinotia nanana
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Epinotia nanana
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Epinotia nanana
AGR: -7.79%   |   Total % Change: -33.3%

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Epinotia nanana
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Epinotia nanana

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 2020-2026.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Epinotia nanana – 6 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

Site Name Tetrad Date Count Stage Recorder Source RecordKey
Darwin Forest SK26X 05/07/2025 1 adult Evans, Dave vc57_irecords_extract iBRC43066122
Darwin Forest SK26X 04/07/2025 1 adult Evans, Dave vc57_irecords_extract iBRC43064418
Chaddesden, Derby SK33T 21/06/2025 1 adult roome, martin vc57_irecords_extract iBRC43883759
Woodland Ave SK43R 18/07/2024 1 adult Thorpe, Steve vc57_irecords_extract iBRC40044857
Melbourne, Derbyshire SK32X 25/06/2020 2 adult Davison, Tony vc57_irecords_extract iBRC33553478
Melbourne, Derbyshire SK32X 23/06/2020 1 adult Davison, Tony vc57_irecords_extract iBRC33553417

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