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Similar Suffolk Species
Archips crataegana
Approx Length (c. 10.5mm) Wingspan (male 15-21mm, female 16-23mm.)
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
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Archips xylosteana

(Linnaeus, 1758)980 / 49.015

Morley’s Final Catalogue: Not very frequent in July, unusually on elm. Bentley Woods, and bred in July 1899.from pupae under oak-bark at Wherstead. Shrubland, Ipswich, Staverton, (Whit).

Recent Status: Common in woodland and scrub.

Life Style: A single brooded summer species that flies at night and comes to light. The ova are laid in batches on bark and covered with a protective coating. They hatch the following year to the larvae that feed on buds, leaves and flowers of a wide variety of deciduous and coniferous trees and shrubs.

Identification: This species in most similar to A. crataegana but in A. xylosteana both the middle and most distal dark patches reach the costa enclosing a small pale area between them.

Recorded in 47 (81%) of 58 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1899.
Last Recorded in 2024.
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Determination
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Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
02/09/2024225TM49 - Somerleyton/Beccles
04/08/2024126TL85 - Brockley/Alpheton
01/08/2024125TM49 - Somerleyton/Beccles
01/08/2024125TM25 - Wickham Market/Otley
26/07/2024126TL85 - Brockley/Alpheton
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Wingspan: male 15-21mm, female 16-23mm.
Flight: June - August.
Foodplant:   Deciduous trees.
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
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