49.252 Epinotia tedella (Common Spruce Tortrix)
ws: 10-13mm; May-Jun; Norway spruce (Picea abies); common in coniferous woodland throughout GB
Synonym: Evetria taedella (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Synonym: Evetria taedella (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Epinotia tedella §3
ID: SImilar to E.nemorivaga which is confined to the Scottish Highlands. E.nemorivaga has a more grey-brown forewing and hindwing colour. The two can be reliably separated by labial palp colour - creamy white in E.tedella, grey in E.nemorivaga. Also the basal and subbasal fasciae are distinct in E.tedella but combined as basal patch in E.nemorivaga.
§1 Mull; 25/06/2011; male
§2 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 05/07/2011; female; fw 5.2mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 28/05/2012
§4 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 16/05/2012; male; fw 5.2mm
§5 Bernwood Forest, Buckinghamshire; 18/04/2018; female; fw 5.7mm
§6 Melkinthorpe, Cumbria; 17/05/2022; male; fw 5.6mm; netted by day
§7 Melkinthorpe, Cumbria; 17/05/2022; male; fw 6.0mm; netted by day
§8 Melkinthorpe, Cumbria; 17/05/2022; male; netted by day
§9 Melkinthorpe, Cumbria; 17/05/2022; male; netted by day
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§2 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 05/07/2011; female; fw 5.2mm
§3 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 28/05/2012
§4 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 16/05/2012; male; fw 5.2mm
§5 Bernwood Forest, Buckinghamshire; 18/04/2018; female; fw 5.7mm
§6 Melkinthorpe, Cumbria; 17/05/2022; male; fw 5.6mm; netted by day
§7 Melkinthorpe, Cumbria; 17/05/2022; male; fw 6.0mm; netted by day
§8 Melkinthorpe, Cumbria; 17/05/2022; male; netted by day
§9 Melkinthorpe, Cumbria; 17/05/2022; male; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 11/01/2013 (§1-3) | §4 added 30/05/2013 | §5 added 22/02/2019 | §6-9 added 30/08/2022
