49.246 BF1130  -  Tortricidae -  Olethreutinae - Epinotia pygmaeana - Dingy Spruce Tortrix - (Hübner, [1799]) Adult Micro:  CAT 3 - Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive - confusion with leaf mines       PDF Icon - click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon - click for Specific Verification Guidelines
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Taxonomy:   Micro  >> . >>  Tortricidae
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Other Name/s: Dingy Spruce Bell ID Difficulty:  amber  - care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely - quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Epinotia subsequana (Dark Spruce Tortrix)
Distribution:  It is well distributed across Britain being found in coniferous plantations and common in places. Not so in Derbyshire! Harrison & Sterling quotes one record from British Tortricoid Moths, Vol2, p101, Derbyshire, now common in Spruce plantations – No further details and no further modern day records.
Flight Period: April /  May /  June /  -  Late spring early summer flying in late April to June Moth Activity: Cathemeral  Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 28 March 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 12-14mm
Food Plant: Spruce & Silver Fir
Last Recorded By - Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area - Not Recorded

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