49.077 Acleris variegana (Garden Rose Tortrix)
ws: 14-18mm; Jul-Sep; rosaceous trees and shrubs; common throughout GB
ID: Most forms are distinct and recognisable. Form brunneana is similar to A.permutana but can be distinguished by the presence of an erect scale-tuft in the submedian fold in A.variegana and its absence in A.permutana.
Markings: basal fascia obsolete; subbasal fascia reduced to a dorsal blotch or absent; median fascia and postmedian spot either obscured in a clearly demarcated dark distal half of the wing or median fascia, or developed at costal end and fused with subapical spot to form a triangular costal blotch.
Form variegana: clear demarcation between black with ferruginous distal half and white basal half; dorsal blotch present (common)
Form asperana: clear demarcation between blackish-fuscous distal half and white basal half (common)
Form nyctemerana: clear demarcation between blackish-fuscous distal half and pale ochreous basal half
Form cirrana: ground colour pale ochreous; a fuscous dorsal blotch; triangular fuscous costal blotch
Form brunneana: clear demarcation between black with ferruginous distal half and ochreous-brown basal half; dorsal blotch present (uncommon)
Form argentana: ground colour white sprinkled with blackish scales; fuscous costal blotch (uncomon)
Form albana: all white apart from sparse fuscous scales mainly along costa and termen (very rare)
Form caeruleostrana: all blackish-plumbeous
Markings: basal fascia obsolete; subbasal fascia reduced to a dorsal blotch or absent; median fascia and postmedian spot either obscured in a clearly demarcated dark distal half of the wing or median fascia, or developed at costal end and fused with subapical spot to form a triangular costal blotch.
Form variegana: clear demarcation between black with ferruginous distal half and white basal half; dorsal blotch present (common)
Form asperana: clear demarcation between blackish-fuscous distal half and white basal half (common)
Form nyctemerana: clear demarcation between blackish-fuscous distal half and pale ochreous basal half
Form cirrana: ground colour pale ochreous; a fuscous dorsal blotch; triangular fuscous costal blotch
Form brunneana: clear demarcation between black with ferruginous distal half and ochreous-brown basal half; dorsal blotch present (uncommon)
Form argentana: ground colour white sprinkled with blackish scales; fuscous costal blotch (uncomon)
Form albana: all white apart from sparse fuscous scales mainly along costa and termen (very rare)
Form caeruleostrana: all blackish-plumbeous
§1 Foulness, Essex; 19/07/2010; male; form variegana
§2 Foulness, Essex; 22/08/2010; male; fw 9.7mm; form asperana
§3 Foulness, Essex; 16/09/2012; male; fw 8.0mm; form variegana
§4 Foulness, Essex; 16/09/2012; female
§5 Christon Bank, Northumberland; 18/09/2014; male; fw 7.9mm; form variegana
§6 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 13/10/2017; female; fw 8.3mm; form variegana
§7 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 13/10/2017; male; fw 7.8mm; form asperana
§8 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 13/10/2017; female; fw 8.5mm; form asperana
§9 Dungeness, Kent; 13/07/2018; female; fw 8.4mm; form cirrana
§10 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 26/08/2020; form asperana
§11 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 03/09/2022; male; fw 7.9mm; form variegana
§12 Foulness, Essex; 13/08/2022; male; fw 7.1mm; form asperana?
§13 Heydon, Cambridgeshire; 19/09/2024; form variegana
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 22/08/2010; male; fw 9.7mm; form asperana
§3 Foulness, Essex; 16/09/2012; male; fw 8.0mm; form variegana
§4 Foulness, Essex; 16/09/2012; female
§5 Christon Bank, Northumberland; 18/09/2014; male; fw 7.9mm; form variegana
§6 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 13/10/2017; female; fw 8.3mm; form variegana
§7 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 13/10/2017; male; fw 7.8mm; form asperana
§8 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 13/10/2017; female; fw 8.5mm; form asperana
§9 Dungeness, Kent; 13/07/2018; female; fw 8.4mm; form cirrana
§10 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 26/08/2020; form asperana
§11 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 03/09/2022; male; fw 7.9mm; form variegana
§12 Foulness, Essex; 13/08/2022; male; fw 7.1mm; form asperana?
§13 Heydon, Cambridgeshire; 19/09/2024; form variegana
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 17/11/2012 (§1-4) | §5 added 19/12/2014 | §6 added 19/11/2017 | §7&8 added 31/12/2017 | §9 added 22/05/2019 |
§10 added 08/02/2021 | §11 added 30/11/2022 | §12 added 23/12/2022 | §13 added 19/10/2024
§10 added 08/02/2021 | §11 added 30/11/2022 | §12 added 23/12/2022 | §13 added 19/10/2024