49.004 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix Copyright Martin Evans
49.004 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred female Tortrix Copyright Martin Evans
Distribution map Copyright Martin Evans
Life stages table Copyright Martin Evans 49.004 Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix Copyright Martin Evans

Tortricidae

49.004 Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana (Haworth, 1811)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 6 to 8mm

Habitats: Woodland, scrub, hedgerows, orchards and gardens.

Habits: The male flies in sunshine while the female is easily disturbed in the day. Both sexes fly from dusk and come to light and sugar.

Foodplant: The larva is polyphagous on trees and shrubs and feeds among spun leaves or developing fruit buds of apple, plum, Blackthorn, oaks, Ivy, Holly, Yew, European Larch, Juniper, Mistletoe and many other trees, shrubs and sometimes herbaceous plants. It pupates in a spun leaf or in the leaf litter.