Species Details

ABH: 49.038

BF: 994

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Clepsis consimilana

Authority: (Hübner, [1817])

Vernacular: Rufous Tortrix

Account: Common in gardens throughout much of the British Isles Distinguished by its small size, indistinct forewing markings and the two small fuscous spots on the dorsum. Larva feeds on Wild Privet, Garden Privet, Ash, Lilac and Ivy, preferring dead leaves, living between leaves spun together with silk.

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: male 13 — 17 mm; female 15 — 19 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 May (2002) — 4 Nov (2015)

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

Foodplant: Ligustrum sp., Polyphagous.

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/clepsis-consimilana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 172

Individuals: 31

Earliest Year: 1994

Latest Year: 2025

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