Species Details

ABH: 49.215

BF: 1115

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Ancylis achatana

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Hedge Hook-wing

Account: Common in hedgerows, thickets and copses throughout much of southern England, with records north to Yorkshire Differs from other British Ancylis species by its obtusely falcate, broad forewing and comparatively well-defined fasciate markings which in the tornal area are developed into a prominent quadrate or triangular blotch [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Hawthorn and Blackthorn, 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: 14 — 18 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 26 May (2016) — 13 Aug (2009)

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

Foodplant: Cotoneaster sp. (a cotoneaster), Crataegus sp., Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/ancylis-achatana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 98

Individuals: 38

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2025

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