Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
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Eucosma hohenwartiana
Common Knapweed Tortrix
Approx Length (c. 9.5mm) Wingspan (15-19 mm.)
      
      
      
      
    
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Eucosma conterminana
Lettuce Tortrix
(Guenée, 1845)1192 / 49.275
=Pale Lettuce Bell

Norfolk status
Local.
Dry, stony or chalky habitats, chalk downs, waysides, quarries and stony waste places and also refuse tips where acrid lettuce and prickly lettuce grow.

First modern-day record in 1990 at Winterton. Several records in recent years.

Recorded in 35 (47%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2024.
Additional Stats

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Determination
List Species Records   [Show All Latest]
Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10kGeneral Area
26/08/2024128TF91Dereham
11/08/2024128TL79Cranwich
07/08/2024127TG04Cley next the Sea
05/08/2024127TG04Cley next the Sea
05/08/2024127TG23North Walsham
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Wingspan: 15-19 mm.
Flight: July - August.
Foodplant:   Prickly lettuce, Great lettuce.
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
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Further info: Eucosma conterminana
 
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