Species Details

ABH: 49.371

BF: 1239

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Pammene rhediella

Authority: (Clerck, 1759)

Vernacular: Fruitlet Mining Tortrix

Account: Local in hedgerows, orchards and scrub throughout much of the British Isles, less numerous in the north The coppery red general appearance of the forewing with the dark purplish brown coloration of the basal two-thirds and the well-demarcated ferruginous-orange distal area are characteristic [Bradley]. Larva feeds within unripe fruit of Hawthorn, Midland Hawthorn, Rowan, Apple and Crab Apple, over-wintering in a cocoon.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 9 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 Apr (2007) — 16 May (2007)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Cornus sp., Crataegus sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/pammene-rhediella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 5

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2007

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