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Light grey shade

Cnephasia incertana (Treitschke, 1835)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The light grey shade (Cnephasia incertana) is a species in the family Tortricidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the light grey shade

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the light grey shade live?

Not recorded

Is the light grey shade endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the light grey shade classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTortricidae
  6. genusCnephasia
  7. SpeciesCnephasia incertana (Treitschke, 1835)

Synonyms Cnephasia atticana, Cnephasia barbarana, Cnephasia berguniana, Cnephasia incertana ab. leucotaeniana, Cnephasia incertana f. atticana, Cnephasia incertana f. berguniana, Cnephasia incertana f. proincertana, Cnephasia kurdistana, Cnephasia leucotaeniana, Cnephasia minorana, Cnephasia minusculana, Cnephasia pascuana f. pseudocommunana, Cnephasia proincertana, Cnephasia pseudocommunana, Cnephasia subjectana, Sciaphila incertana, Sciaphila minorana, Sciaphila subjectana, Sciaphila wahlbomiana minorana, Tortrix barbarana, Tortrix minorana

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Light grey tortrixEnglish
  • تورتريكس الرمادي الفاتحArabic
  • obaleč bylinnýCzech
  • Tortrics Llwyd GolauWelsh
  • SkyggeviklerDanish
  • laidunharmokääriäinenFinnish
  • enggråviklerNorwegian Bokmål
  • SpikkelbladrollerDutch
  • enggråviklarNorwegian Nynorsk
  • obaľovač žerušnicovýSlovak
  • ljus gråvecklareSwedish
  • Tortricsod Llwyd GolauWelsh
  • SkræppegråviklerDanish
  • osäker gråvecklareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the light grey shade

Other species in the same genus Cnephasia.

Gray tortrix

Cnephasia stephensiana

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

May shade

Cnephasia communana

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

Flax tortrix

Cnephasia asseclana

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

Coast shade

Cnephasia conspersana

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

Dover shade

Cnephasia genitalana

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

CompareLight grey shade vs Gray tortrixLight grey shade vs May shadeLight grey shade vs Meadow shadeLight grey shade vs Flax tortrix

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the light grey shade?

The light grey shade (Cnephasia incertana) belongs to the family Tortricidae in the order Lepidoptera.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Light grey shade (Cnephasia incertana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/light-grey-shade

MLA

“Light grey shade (Cnephasia incertana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/light-grey-shade.

BibTeX
@misc{light_grey_shade_2026,
  title = {Light grey shade (Cnephasia incertana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/light-grey-shade},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}