49.028 Syndemis musculana (Dark-barred Tortrix)
ws: 15-22mm; May-Jun; various trees and shrubs mainly blackberry (Rubus spp), oak (Quercus spp) and birch (Betula spp); common throughout GB with a separate subspecies S.m.musculinana in the Shetlands, Orkneys and Outer Hebrides
Synonym: Archips musculana (Pierce and Metcalfe)
Synonym: Archips musculana (Pierce and Metcalfe)
ID: Forewing ground colour varies from white to grey-brown; intensity of markings is also quite variable.
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 29/04/2011; male; fw 7.4mm
§2 Foulness, Essex; 01/05/2011; male
§3 Foulness, Essex; 01/05/2011; male
§4 Hadleigh downs, Essex; 22/05/2012; female; fw 9.9mm
§5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 08/06/2013
§6 Abernethy Forest, Inverness-shire; 27/05/2015; male; fw 8.4mm; netted by day
§7 Pound Wood, Essex; 01/05/2019; male; fw 7.8mm
§8 Leigh-on-sea, Essex; 08/05/2020; female; fw 8.6mm
§9 Pound Wood, Essex; 05/05/2022
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§2 Foulness, Essex; 01/05/2011; male
§3 Foulness, Essex; 01/05/2011; male
§4 Hadleigh downs, Essex; 22/05/2012; female; fw 9.9mm
§5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 08/06/2013
§6 Abernethy Forest, Inverness-shire; 27/05/2015; male; fw 8.4mm; netted by day
§7 Pound Wood, Essex; 01/05/2019; male; fw 7.8mm
§8 Leigh-on-sea, Essex; 08/05/2020; female; fw 8.6mm
§9 Pound Wood, Essex; 05/05/2022
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 13/05/2012 | specimen §4 added 24/06/2012 | §5 added 19/04/2014 | §6 added 02/02/2016 | §7 added 06/01/2020 |
§8 added 15/01/2021 | §9 added 27/11/2022
§8 added 15/01/2021 | §9 added 27/11/2022