Tortricidae

49.0372 Banded Ivy Tortrix Clepsis dumicolana (Zeller, 1847)

Adventive temporary colonist

Similar species:

Forewing: from 7mm

Habitats:

Habits: Only known from about 15 specimens found on Ivy in Chelsea on 15 May 2014 (still present until 9 July 2014), and West Kent in early July 2021.

Foodplant: The early stages have not been recorded in Britain and Ireland. On the European mainland the larva skeletonises the spun leaves of Ivy. It pupates in a web on an Ivy stem.