49.069 BF1041 – Tortricidae – Tortricinae – Acleris sparsana
Tortricidae – Tortricinae – Acleris sparsana
STATUS – Common wherever mature Beech (fagus) occurs.
ID POINTERS – Variable – Forewing broad – typical form has grey ground colour marked with fine speckles of dark and light colours. Sometimes with a triangular shaped costa blotch.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during August – January
IMAGES – Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©