49.030 Cacoecimorpha pronubana (Carnation Tortrix)
ws: M14-18mm, F16-24mm; bivoltine May-Jul, Aug-Oct; polyphagous on a wide variety of plants; first recorded on the south coast in 1905, now common throughout GB.
ID: Readily identified by the bright orange hindwing
§1 Foulness, Essex; 20/05/2007; male
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 20/07/2007; female; 10.9mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 17/08/2009; female; fw 11.3mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 03/10/2010; male; fw 6.5mm
§5 Chafford gorges, Essex; 22/06/2012; male; fw 7.5mm
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 07/09/2017; male; fw 6.1mm
§7 Portland Bill, Dorset; 09/09/2018; female; fw 8.2mm
§8 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 10/04/2020; male
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 20/07/2007; female; 10.9mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 17/08/2009; female; fw 11.3mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 03/10/2010; male; fw 6.5mm
§5 Chafford gorges, Essex; 22/06/2012; male; fw 7.5mm
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 07/09/2017; male; fw 6.1mm
§7 Portland Bill, Dorset; 09/09/2018; female; fw 8.2mm
§8 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 10/04/2020; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 11/05/2012 (§1-4) | §5 added 24/06/2012 | §6 added 27/10/2017 | §7 added 20/02/2019 | §8 added 14/04/2020