49.024 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Copyright Martin Evans
49.024 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Copyright Martin Evans
49.024 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix female Copyright Martin Evans
Distribution map Copyright Martin Evans
Life stages table Copyright Martin Evans 49.024 Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Copyright Martin Evans

Tortricidae

49.024 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana (Fabricius, 1794)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 9 to 12mm (the females on average larger)

Habitats: Woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens.

Habits: The moth is easily disturbed in the day. It comes to light and sugar.

Foodplant: The polyphagous larva feeds on the spun or folded leaves of Hazel, Ash, oaks, plums, Dogwood, brambles, honeysuckles and many other trees and shrubs. It pupates in the spinning.