Tortricidae

49.200 Cherry Bark Tortrix Enarmonia formosana (Scopoli, 1763)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 7 to 9mm

Habitats: Parkland, orchards, gardens, hedgerow trees, urban roadside trees and moorland scrub woodland.

Habits: The moth rests on cherry trunks in the morning, but flies around the branches in the afternoon and evening. It occasionally comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva burrows into the thick bark of mature trees of Wild Cherry, Wild Plum, Laurel, Crab Apple and Wild Pear. It has also occasionally been recorded from ornamental cherries, Apricot, Almond, Peach and Rowan. Its actions loosens the bark and its presence can be detected by the soft reddish frass exuding from the bark. It pupates in its feeding place.