Species Details

ABH: 49.049

BF: 1024

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Cnephasia incertana

Authority: (Treitschke, 1835)

Vernacular: Light Grey Tortrix

Account: Common in woodland edges and hedgerows throughout much of the British Isles Another small Cnephasia about the size of C. asseclana, from which distinguished by the weaker irroration in the forewing (not as pale as C. genitalana). Can be determined with certainty only by dissection of the genitalia. Larva feeds on Greater Plantain, Ribwort Plantain, Common Sorrel, Sheep's Sorrel and similar, living within a spinning.

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: 21 May (2011) — 4 Jul (2013)

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: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cnephasia-incertana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 31

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2018

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