Species Details

ABH: 49.083

BF: 1044

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Acleris ferrugana

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Tawny Oak Tortrix

Account: Common in oak woodland, woodland and heaths throughout much of the British Isles A species associated with deciduous oak woodland, while the very similar A. notana feeds on birch. Fresh males of A. ferrugana can be distinguished by the presence of distinct scale tufts, a feature lacking on A. notana, but otherwise dissection is generally required to fully establish identity. Larva feeds on Oak and Goat Willow, living between leaves spun together with silk.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 14 — 18 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 Jan (2015) — 28 Dec (2021)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch), Quercus sp. (an oak), Salix sp. (a sallow).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/acleris-ferrugana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 113

Individuals: 64

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2025

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