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1024 Light Grey Tortrix Cnephasia incertana

(Treitschke, 1835)

Cremaster
Light Grey Tortrix  Cnephasia incertana (Cremaster)

Cremaster

Ex larva on Teucrium scorodonia

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Cremaster

Ex larva on Teucrium scorodonia

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1024 Light Grey Tortrix Cnephasia incertana

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1024 Light Grey Tortrix Cnephasia incertana

(Treitschke, 1835)

Wingspan 14-18mm.

One of several similar Cnephasia species but also one of the smallest.

It is quite common throughout much of the British Isles, and the adults are at large during June and July.

The habitat preference is for woodland edges and hedgerows, and the overwintering larvae feed in a spinning on a range of herbaceous plants such as plantain (Plantago) and sorrel (Rumex).

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