Species Details

ABH: 49.086

BF: 1051

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Acleris logiana

Authority: (Clerck, 1759)

Vernacular: Pale Birch Tortrix

Account: Local in birch woodland in parts of the Scottish Highlands, appearing in recent years as a migrant in southern England, where temporarily established The nominate form and f. tripunctana of this species resemble specimens of the autumn generation of A. kochiella. Larva feeds on Silver Birch and Downy Birch, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

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: 8 Feb (2022) — 27 Dec (2015)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 22

Individuals: 9

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2023

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