49.004 Ditula angustiorana (Red-barred Tortrix)
ws: 12-18mm; Jun-Jul; various trees and shrubs; common throughout GB
Ditula angustiorana §6 male
ID: Fairly marked sexual dimorphism. Male antenna dentate-ciliate; female antenna simple. Male has darker fasciate markings than the female; dorsal blotch yellow-ochreous in male, taeny in female. Markings, particularly of the male, are similar to Archips xylosteana but that species has a more produced apex, squarer termen and paler hindwing.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 26/06/2007; male; fw 6.6mm
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 29/06/2009; male; fw 6.8mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 04/07/2010; male
§4 Ham Fen, Kent; 16/07/2010; female
§5 Foulness, Essex; 18/07/2010; female
§6 Foulness, Essex; 31/07/2010; male
§7 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 26/06/2013; female
§8 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 09/07/2017; male
§9 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 27/05/2018; male; fw 6.3mm
§10 Foulness, Essex; 30/05/2020; male
§11 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 27/06/2023; female; fw 7.5mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 29/06/2009; male; fw 6.8mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 04/07/2010; male
§4 Ham Fen, Kent; 16/07/2010; female
§5 Foulness, Essex; 18/07/2010; female
§6 Foulness, Essex; 31/07/2010; male
§7 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 26/06/2013; female
§8 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 09/07/2017; male
§9 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 27/05/2018; male; fw 6.3mm
§10 Foulness, Essex; 30/05/2020; male
§11 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 27/06/2023; female; fw 7.5mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 18/05/2012 | §7 added 27/06/2013 | §8 added 12/04/2018 | §9 added 10/03/2019 | §10 added 20/01/2021 |
§11 added 30/09/2023
§11 added 30/09/2023
