I think I've got a September Thorn, there is some suggestion of a kink, but I suspect it's just an early(ish) September Thorn (I see the earliest was June!).
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I could also do with some help on this Tort.
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Mark Griffiths, Garsington, Oxford
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Hello Mark,
ReplyDeleteI'd go with September Thorn for that one. This isn't early for either species because they both begin flying in June. A good start with this pair is that August Thorn holds its wings almost flat, whereas September holds them up as in your image. The tortrix is a Eucosma species and to me it looks like one of the hohenwartiana group (hohenwartiana, parvulana & fulvana) which need dissection to separate and that is only possible with females.
ok, thanks Dave
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