Species Details

ABH: 49.077

BF: 1048

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Acleris variegana

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Garden Rose Tortrix

Account: Common in gardens and woodland throughout the British Isles. The form f. brunneana resembles the closely related species A. permutana in general appearance [Bradley]. Larva has been recorded on many species of Rosaceceae favouring Wild and Cultivated Rose, and Blackthorn, living within a spun or rolled leaf, and over-wintering as an egg.

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 — 19 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 4 Jul (2017) — 21 Oct (2015)

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

Foodplant: Rosaceae.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

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

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 116

Individuals: 13

Earliest Year: 1986

Latest Year: 2025

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