Tortricidae

49.022 Brindled Tortrix Ptycholoma lecheana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 7 to 11mm

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

Habits: It flies during the late afternoon and evening. The moth comes to light.

Foodplant: After overwintering as a small larva in a spinning on a twig, it feeds within young buds of of oaks, apple, poplars, sallows, larch and a wide range of other deciduous trees and shrubs. It later feeds from spun or rolled leaves. It pupates in a cocoon within a rolled leaf or its spinning.