49.057 BF1016 – Tortricidae – Tortricinae – Cnephasia longana
Tortricidae – Tortricinae – Cnephasia longana – Long-winged Shade
STATUS – Uncertain, likely to be widespread where there are flower meadows.
ID POINTERS – Male is a flat whitish-grey, pale yellowish-brown to dark yellowish brown. Rarely marked. Female forewing is a creamy yellow-brown with darker, rather diffuse markings, including a rather oblique cross-band at about a third and another at about a half, with inner margin deeply indented.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during July-August
IMAGES – Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar©
