Hello, from Steve Garten and welcome to my weird and wonderful world of moths.

I’m amateur Lepidopterist, I trap and record moth species on my six acre wildlife meadow at Tibenham Norfolk, UK.

The list of moths listed in this Micro-moths blog and the Macro Moths blog are the species I have recorded since 2015.

Carnation Tortrix - Cacoecimorpha pronubana

Sunday, December 3, 2023

Carnation Tortrix - Cacoecimorpha pronubana . A micro moth species from the family of Crambidae, sub family Crambinae. The moth has a wingspan of 14 to 24 mm. It is a reasonably distinctive moth with rounded forewings and bright orange hindwings. The moths can be found on the wing in May and June and again in August and September. A common inhabitant of fens and marshes. The species' life history is that the larvae feed on a wide variety of different plants. An adventive species, it was first recorded on the south coast of Britain in 1905. It is widespread and classified as a common species of the UK.

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