Species Details

ABH: 49.087

BF: 1061

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Acleris literana

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Lichen Tortrix

Account: Local in oak woodland throughout much of Britain, rare in Ireland Although an extremely variable species, readily distinguished by the light green or olive-green ground colour and black markings of the forewing, and the presence of characteristic fulvous or ferruginous markings in some of the forms [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Oak, 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: 18 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Betula pendula (Silver Birch), Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak), Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak), Quercus sp. (an oak).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/acleris-literana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 96

Individuals: 64

Earliest Year: 1992

Latest Year: 2025

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