49.071X  –  Tortricidae –  Tortricinae – Acleris emargana/effractana PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Blue –  Generally Common / Widespread   
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Tortricidae  >> Tortricinae
** This page is to record aggregated records only – see individual species pages for additional information **
ID Difficulty:  Red – difficult to identify – detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
Confusion Species: Acleris emargana – Scalloped Tortrix; Acleris effractana – Hook-winged Tortrix
ID pointers: Acleris emargana has recently been split from Acleris effractana and national guidelines now require all records for these two species to be confirmed by gen det. Where this has not taken place the records should be submitted as Acleris emargana – effractana agg.
Distribution:  A.emargana is widely distributed across the recording area. See separate species page.
Flight Period: July /  August /  September /  October /  Moth Activity: Nocturnal   – and is attracted to light Photographed: No –  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 7 May 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 18-22mm
Food Plant: Salix species
Recorded dates for Common [Blue code Blue-coded] moths are not stored on the website at this current time.

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Distribution Map for Acleris emargana/effractana

Found 1 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 1 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 0 from Before 2020

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Bedrock Geology ** indirectly affects moth distribution by influencing the type of habitat and food plants available in an area. In turn, this may affect the types of moths that can thrive, or where they can most likely be found.

Land-cover * shows the variety of land-cover within the VC57 area, based on the CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) forty-four thematic classes of land-cover. This will show, to a greater or lesser degree, the number and variety of moths found in different land-cover types. The UK continues to operate within the Copernicus programme, with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) providing Corine Land Cover (CLC) datasets for the UK and its territories.

⚠️ NBN Atlas UK Distribution - No LSID found for: Acleris emargana/effractana
This moth may be an aggregate and as such no specific records of distribution exist.


Monthly Records By Year: Acleris emargana/effractana
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Acleris emargana/effractana
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Acleris emargana/effractana
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Acleris emargana/effractana
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Acleris emargana/effractana
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Acleris emargana/effractana
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
Acleris emargana/effractana
Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Acleris emargana/effractana
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Acleris emargana/effractana
( data includes Adult Stage only )

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 emargana/effractana – 1 records available

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

Site NameTetradDateCountStageSource
Buxton SK, UKSK07S30/09/20231Adultvc57_irecords_extract

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