Species Details

ABH: 49.252

BF: 1142

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Epinotia tedella

Authority: (Clerck, 1759)

Vernacular: Common Spruce Tortrix

Account: Common in coniferous woodland throughout much of the British Isles In this species the fore- and hindwing coloration is brown compared with the grey-brown appearance of E. nemorivaga; E. tedella may be further distinguished by the cream-white labial palpus and head and the distinct basal and subbasal fasciae which do not form a basal patch as in E. nemorivaga [Bradley]. Larva mines needles of Norway Spruce, subsequently 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: 10 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 May (2012) — 26 Jul (2006)

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

Foodplant: Picea abies (Norway Spruce), Picea sitchensis (Sitka Spruce).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/epinotia-tedella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 8

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2017

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