Tortricidae : Chlidanotinae
Isotrias rectifasciana
ISOTRIAS rectifasciana (Haworth, 1811)
Isotrias rectifasciana
ISOTRIAS rectifasciana (Haworth, 1811)
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Hedge Shade
Wingspan: 11-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - Belgium,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Britain,Croatia,Czech Republic,
Denmark,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Italy,Luxembourg,Romania,Slovenia,Switzerland & the Netherlands
UK Distribution: Local in England,Wales & very local in Southern Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Open Woodland : Scrub : Gardens : Hedgerows
Similar Species -
Observations: This moth is very similar to Cnephasia species although the in comparison the cross bands are straighter across the forewing.
The forewing is white speckled with light brown,the markings are light to dark brown edged with a thin black cross line. There is a basal patch in light to dark brown with a postmedian band which is straight at the middle and turns to meet the costa. The subterminal band is broken towards the dorsum witha small patch at the centre midway between these two cross bands.
The moth flies from sunset and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 11-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - Belgium,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Britain,Croatia,Czech Republic,
Denmark,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Italy,Luxembourg,Romania,Slovenia,Switzerland & the Netherlands
UK Distribution: Local in England,Wales & very local in Southern Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tortrix rectifasciana (Haworth, 1811)
- Tortrix hybridana Hübner,sensu Stephens, 1852
- Country & locality unknown
Habitat: Open Woodland : Scrub : Gardens : Hedgerows
Similar Species -
- Light Grey Tortrix - Cnephasia incertana - (Treitschke, 1835)
Observations: This moth is very similar to Cnephasia species although the in comparison the cross bands are straighter across the forewing.
The forewing is white speckled with light brown,the markings are light to dark brown edged with a thin black cross line. There is a basal patch in light to dark brown with a postmedian band which is straight at the middle and turns to meet the costa. The subterminal band is broken towards the dorsum witha small patch at the centre midway between these two cross bands.
The moth flies from sunset and is attracted to light.
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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
The larval food plant is unknown but is possibly Hawthorns which have been fed in captivity
The larval food plant is unknown but is possibly Hawthorns which have been fed in captivity
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Chlidanotinae ISOTRIAS Meyrick, 1895 Isotrias rectifasciana (Haworth, 1811) - Tortrix hybridana Hübner,sensu Stephens, 1852 - TORTRIX rectifasciana (Haworth, 1811) = Sciaphila albulana Treitschke, 1835 = Anisotaenia carinthiaca Prohaska, 1922 = Cnephasia (Eudemis) curvifasciana Stephens, 1834 = Anisotaenia rectifasciana insubrica Müller-Rutz, 1920 = Tortrix nemorana Frölich, 1828 = Isotrias rectifasciana pseudomodestana Obraztsov, 1957 = Phalaena (Tortrix) trifasciana Donovan, [1806] - Haworth 1811 Lepidoptera Britannica (3): Title Page : p.465 - n.225 - Country & locality unknown |