Species Details

ABH: 49.025

BF: 970

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Pandemis cerasana

Authority: (Hübner, 1786)

Vernacular: Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix

Account: Common in gardens, orchards and woodland throughout the British Isles Similar to Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix P. corylana but differing in the smoother general appearance and the reduced reticulation, the usually strongly divergent margins of the basal and median fasciae, and the uniformly greyish brown hindwing [Bradley]. Larva is polyphagous on a variety of deciduous trees and shrubs, including fruit trees, living within a spun or rolled leaf, and over-wintering as an egg or small larva.

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: 16 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 May (1998) — 8 Sep (2023)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/pandemis-cerasana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 309

Individuals: 329

Earliest Year: 1986

Latest Year: 2025

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