Species Details

ABH: 49.050

BF: 1020

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Cnephasia stephensiana

    =Cnephasia stephensiana f. octomaculana

Authority: (Doubleday, [1849])

Vernacular: Common Grey Tortrix

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Apr (2020) — 3 Aug (2015)

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:

Moths

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Moths

Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cnephasia-stephensiana/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 62

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 1988

Latest Year: 2021