49.238 Epinotia cruciana (Willow Tortrix)
ws: 12-15mm; Jun-Aug; grey/creeping/eared willow (Salix cinerea/repens/aurita); local throughout GB
Synonym: Panoplia cruciana (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Synonym: Panoplia cruciana (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Epinotia cruciana §1
ID: Median fascia very oblique and confluent with subterminal fascia to enclose a patch of ground colour on the costa. Colour of markings varies through shades of grey to ferruginous. The characteristic forewing pattern is usually apparent but may become obscured by suffusion of the ground colour.
§1 Horsey, Norfolk; 14/07/2008; fw 7.0mm
§2 Gait Barrows NR, Cumbria; 19/06/2014; male; 6.2mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; male; fw 6.8mm; to light
§4 Meshaw Moor, Devon; 23/06/2016; male; fw 6.8mm; netted by day
§5 Mull; 21/06/2018; male
§6 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/07/2022; male; fw 6.9mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Gait Barrows NR, Cumbria; 19/06/2014; male; 6.2mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 10/07/2015; male; fw 6.8mm; to light
§4 Meshaw Moor, Devon; 23/06/2016; male; fw 6.8mm; netted by day
§5 Mull; 21/06/2018; male
§6 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/07/2022; male; fw 6.9mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 12/01/2013 (§1) | §2 add 21/08/2014 | §3 added 17/12/2015 | §4 added 10/04/2017 | §5 added 20/04/2019 |
§6 added 18/12/2022
§6 added 18/12/2022
