Species Details

ABH: 49.209

BF: 1119a

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Ancylis diminutana

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Rufous Hook-wing

Account: Local in woodland throughout England and Wales. Extremely rare and local in Hampshire and Isle of Wight, where known from a handful of sites. Wingspan 13-15 mm. Very similar to, and formerly conspecific with, A. geminana and A. subarcuana, from which separated by small size and in the terminal part of the longitudinal streak which is not arched above the tornal area but is nearly straight to below the apex [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Eared Willow and Grey Willow, living between leaves spun together with silk, and over-wintering in a cocoon.

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 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 12 Jun (2001) — 3 Aug (2009)

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

Foodplant: Salix sp. (a sallow).

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/ancylis-diminutana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2009

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