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Gypsonoma aceriana
White Cloaked Tortrix (Duponchel, 1843)
Tortricidae: Olethreutinae
1167 / 49.283
Photo © Oliver Wadsworth,  Ravenshill Wood. VC37 29/06/2019

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Wingspan: 12-15mm
Flight: July / August
Foodplant:   Poplar
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

Locally fairly common resident

Populus spp, with larva feeding in May/June in a shoot or leaf stalk, producing an erect tube of frass which projects from the entrance hole.

Recorded in 30 (21%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1887.
Last Recorded in 2021.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
26/07/2021137SO97 - Dodford/Lickey
16/07/2021139SJ82 - Eccleshall/Gnosall
29/07/2020136SO51 - Doward & Goodrich
03/07/2020139SJ82 - Eccleshall/Gnosall
25/06/2020137SP18 - Birmingham-Hall Green
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