49.004 .... B&F 1010
Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana (Haworth, 1811)
Status .....Presumed to be common at most sites, although this is not a Tortrix we have recorded many times. The similarity between some examples of this species and Variegated Golden Tortrix (Archips xylosteana) makes the identification of some specimens difficult without experience.
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Photographed at Idle Valley NR June 2018
 
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Photographed at Market Warsop July 2017
 
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Early stages                            
Full-grown larva on Scot's Pine Pinus sylvestris, Photographed at Vexation Lane (Rufford) March 2020
     
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Ditula angustiorana
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Lound Moth Group. David Hursthouse. Pauline Bradford. Graham Beeley. Sean Tobin. Tim Sexton. Phil Cadman. Meg Skinner. NBGRC. Tom Shields. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Steven Chick. Martin Gray. Ian Blackmore-Allen. Charles Cannon. Caron Stubbs (Ransom Wood Moth Trapping Results 2010-2013). Iain Leach, Kate Harte and Paul Baker (Budby South Forest Moth Trapping Results). Graham Beeley. Ian Ellis. Tom Shields. J.T. Radford.

You can contribute your own records to help us gain an accurate status of this species in Nottinghamshire. Send an Excel spreadsheet of your records via the 'contact us' link at the top of the homepage.

Updated January 2024
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