49.014 Archips crataegana (Brown Oak Tortrix)
ws: ♂20mm ♀25mm (BTM), fw: m 9-10mm, f 11-13mm (Sterling & Parsons); Jun-Aug; various deciduous trees; uncommon in deciduous woodland throughout GB (regarded as common by Sterling & Parsons) (Essex Red Data list)
Archips crataegana §2 male
ID: Similar to A.xylosteana in which the median fascia reaches the costa in the male.
Male genitalia: uncus parallel-sided (clubbed in A.xylosteana); aedeagus with a subapical spur (absent in A.xylosteana).
Male genitalia: uncus parallel-sided (clubbed in A.xylosteana); aedeagus with a subapical spur (absent in A.xylosteana).
§1 Pound Wood, Essex; 30/06/2019; male; fw 8.9mm
§2 Pound Wood, Essex; 15/06/2020; male
§3 Pound Wood, Essex; 15/06/2020; male
§4 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 24/06/2020; male; fw 8.6mm
§5 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 24/06/2020; male; fw 8.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Pound Wood, Essex; 15/06/2020; male
§3 Pound Wood, Essex; 15/06/2020; male
§4 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 24/06/2020; male; fw 8.6mm
§5 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 24/06/2020; male; fw 8.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
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