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Epinotia nanana
Small Spruce Tortrix (Treitschke, 1835)
Tortricidae: Olethreutinae
1145 / 49.242
Photo © Oliver Wadsworth,  Childswickham VC33. 2020

Similar West Midlands Species
Fir-bud Tortrix
Epinotia nigricana
Wingspan: 9-11mm
Flight: June - August
Foodplant:   Norway Spruce, Sitka Spruce
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 4

Locally fairly common where foodplant occurs.

Picea abies, P. sitchensis with larva feeding from September to May, mining needles from a silken tube.

Determination by Genitalia Examination (gen. det.) Required

Recorded in 19 (14%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1869.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
10/07/2022137SP18 - Birmingham-Hall Green
21/07/2021137SP18 - Birmingham-Hall Green
13/07/2021136SO74 - Colwall & Malvern Hills AONB
16/07/2020137SP18 - Birmingham-Hall Green
29/06/2019139SK02 - Blithfield/Chartley Moss
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