Species Details

ABH: 49.024

BF: 969

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Pandemis corylana

Authority: (Fabricius, 1794)

Vernacular: Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix

Account: Common in woodland and gardens throughout the British Isles Similar to Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix P. cerasana, but distinguished by the characteristic reticulate forewing pattern and the more strongly oblique outer margin of the basal fasciae, which are parallel with the median fascia, and the paler apex of the hindwing [Bradley]. Larva polyphagous on a variety of deciduous trees and shrubs, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

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: 18 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 14 Jun (2023) — 25 Sep (2011)

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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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

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

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 295

Individuals: 217

Earliest Year: 1986

Latest Year: 2025

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