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Exapate congelatella

Checklist Number
49.043 [B&F: 1026]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

Family:Tortricidae
Subfamily:Tortricinae
Genus:Exapate
Species:congelatella
Authority:(Clerck, 1759)

Local in hedgerows and moorland throughout much of Britain. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan male 20-23 mm, female 10-11 mm. One of the latest species to emerge in the year; the male is readily recognised by the elongate forewings with distinctly greyish coloration; the female is brachypterous [Bradley]. Larva feeds on shoots of various shrubs, over-wintering as an egg.