Distribution map Copyright Martin Evans
 Life stages table Copyright Martin Evans  Life stages table Copyright Martin Evans

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.