Bug FAQGray Tortrix
Cnephasia stephensiana · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Tortricidae
Also called: Grey Tortrix, Great Grey Shade, Gray Tortrix Moth
The Gray Tortrix has a wingspan of about 18 to 23 mm and grey-variegated wings with distinct darker bands on the forewings. It occurs across the Palearctic region and has also been recorded in Canada.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The forewings are rounded, light greyish and show three irregular darker transverse bands. The hind wings are a pale greyish-brown colour. Overall the moth’s wings are grey-variegated.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Its wingspan ranges from 18 to 23 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its distribution includes the Palearctic region and Canada.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 8 of 51 states and DC. Most records: New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Michigan, Washington, Maine.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: introduced in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Questions people ask
What does the Gray Tortrix look like?
It has a wingspan of 18 to 23 mm, grey-variegated wings, rounded light-grey forewings with three darker bands, and pale grey-brown hind wings.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Tortricidae)
Oblique-banded Leafroller MothChoristoneura rosaceanaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Garden TortrixClepsis peritanaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Common MarbleSyricoris lacunanaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Red-banded Leafroller MothArgyrotaenia velutinanaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittanaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Aster and Reddish Eucosma Moths and AlliesEucosma parmatanaSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnephasia_stephensiana
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Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.