49.026 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Copyright Martin Evans
49.026 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Copyright Martin Evans
49.026 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix female Copyright Martin Evans
Distribution map Copyright Martin Evans
Life stages table Copyright Martin Evans 49.026 Pandemis heparana Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Copyright Martin Evans

Tortricidae

49.026 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 8 to 12mm

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

Habits: The moth is easily disturbed in the day. It flies from dusk and later comes to light.

Foodplant: After overwintering in an early instar, the polyphagous larva feeds from a rolled leaf or spun terminal leaves (or occasionally the spun flowers) of oaks, alders, birches, limes, elms, Ash, willows, sallows, poplars, apples, pears, Purging Buckthorn, Blackthorn, Sour Cherry, Bird Cherry, roses, Hop, honeysuckles, Bog Myrtle, Bilberry Spiraea spp., strawberries, cinquefoils and many other broadleaved trees shrubs and herbaceous plants. It pupates in the spinning.