1147 Epinotia cruciana, Willow Tortrix, (Linnaeus, 1761)
National Status :
Local
Local Status :
Resident (SMP Status 3)
Distribution and abundance :
Scarce
Habitats :
Wet woodland, wet heathland, stream banks and coastal habitats
Flight Period :
Single-brooded; July. Literature states from mid-May to early August
Larval foodplants :
In the buds and on the leaves of willows (Salix), particularly Sallow (Salix caprea), Creeping Willow (Salix repens) and Eared Sallow (Salix aurita)
Records :
Ipswich (SMG, 17.vii.1998), Market Weston Fen (SMG, 25.vii.1998), Rendham (M Deans, 2000), Barnby (SMG, 14.vii.2000), Thelnetham Fens (SMG, 28.vii.2000), Minsmere (N Sherman, 4.vii.2003), Belton (SMG, 16.vii.2004)
Morley's Final Catalogue :
Nominally common among sallow; but here noted only before 1890 at blaxhall (Hkr); and Flixton near Bungay (Ctw). Gorleston in July 1932 (D).
Wingspan details :
Wingspan 12-15mm
Identification
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Further Photographs
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Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire (9.vii.2010) © Matthew Deans
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Oulton Marshes, Suffolk (6.vii.2012) © Neil Sherman
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