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Acleris rufana
Sweet-gale Tortrix ([Denis & Schifferm?ller], 1775)
Tortricidae: Tortricinae
1057 / 49.089

Similar Upper Thames Species: None
Foodplant:   Bog Myrtle (Sweet Gale)
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce A
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

A Nationally Scarce species, found more frequently further north in England and in Scotland. Associated mainly with wet heathland and moorland so an unlikely resident in our region, but there are some records from the southern UK and they include one very old one from the Thames flood-plain just north of Reading.

Recorded in 1 (1%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1939.
Last Recorded in 1939.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
1939+23SU67 - Reading (W), Whitchurch
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