Species Details

ABH: 49.037

BF: 993

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Clepsis spectrana

Authority: (Treitschke, 1830)

Vernacular: Cyclamen Tortrix

Account: Common in damp woodland, fens, marshes and gardens throughout the British Isles, female 17-24 mm. Yellowish forms of this species may be distinguished from C. rurinana by the stronger markings on the costa of the forewing and the more uniform whitish grey hindwing. Larva feeds on many different herbaceous plants, including Willowherb, Meadowsweet, Sea Wormwood and Sea Lavender, and, in gardens, on Cyclamen, 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: male 15 — 22 mm; female 17 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 27 May (2005) — 22 Sep (2007)

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

Foodplant: 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-spectrana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 19

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 1994

Latest Year: 2024

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