Species Details

ABH: 49.079

BF: 1046

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Acleris shepherdana

Authority: (Stephens, 1852)

Vernacular: Fen Tortrix

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in fens, marshes, river-banks and other damp areas in parts of England The distinctive cinnamon-brown coloration together with the reticulate pattern and the blackish plumbeous outer margin of the costal blotch of the forewing is characteristic [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Meadowsweet, 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: 13 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 28 Aug (2010) — 28 Aug (2010)

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

Foodplant: Filipendula ulmaria (Meadowsweet).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2010

Latest Year: 2010

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