Help Required with a Tortrix
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:08 pm
On 11/07/2021 I caught a tortrix moth that I could not ID. I photographed it in the hope that it would help with the identification. It didn’t help so as the moth was a male, rather worn with many lost scales, I decided to retain it for dissection.
The dissection went well, but despite looking through all tortrix images on the Moth Dissection website, and after checking all the literature that I have, I only found one moth that I was reasonably happy with. That moth was Epinotia signatana. The genitalia looked right, and I thought that I could even pick out features on the image of the moth that were convincing.
One final check was all that was needed. I always check previous records on Mapmate to see if it is recorded in Cheshire, and how common it is.
Now, my Mapmate database is out of date by about 5 years, but I looked anyway. One previous Cheshire record in 1887. Not that common then, unless it has been recorded in the last 5 years.
I do think that I am correct with the species. It is probably something common that I have missed, but would appreciate any suggestions that anyone is able to give.
Thanks.
Mel.
The dissection went well, but despite looking through all tortrix images on the Moth Dissection website, and after checking all the literature that I have, I only found one moth that I was reasonably happy with. That moth was Epinotia signatana. The genitalia looked right, and I thought that I could even pick out features on the image of the moth that were convincing.
One final check was all that was needed. I always check previous records on Mapmate to see if it is recorded in Cheshire, and how common it is.
Now, my Mapmate database is out of date by about 5 years, but I looked anyway. One previous Cheshire record in 1887. Not that common then, unless it has been recorded in the last 5 years.
I do think that I am correct with the species. It is probably something common that I have missed, but would appreciate any suggestions that anyone is able to give.
Thanks.
Mel.