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Adoxophyes orana
Summer Fruit Tortrix (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1834)
Tortricidae: Tortricinae
999 / 49.041
Photo © Vince Smith,  Doley Common, VC39, Staffs.

Similar West Midlands Species: None
Wingspan: M15-19mm, F18-22mm
Flight: Two generations, June and August - October
Foodplant:   Apple, pear, cherries and blackthorn etc.
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

Rare, but probably increasing, naturalised introduction.

On a wide range of fruit and other trees and plants with larva feeding on spun leaves in two broods between September and July.

Recorded in 4 (3%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2018.
Last Recorded in 2020.
(Data up to end 2023)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2023)
Date#VC10k Area
23/08/2020137SO72 - Poolhill
20/08/2018137SO66 - Upper Sapey & Newnham Bridge
03/08/2018139SJ82 - Eccleshall/Gnosall
03/08/2018137SO77 - Wyre Forest
03/08/2018137SO77 - Wyre Forest
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