49.157 BF1082 – Tortricidae – Olethreutinae – Hedya pruniana
Tortricidae – Olethreutinae – Hedya pruniana – Plum Tortrix
STATUS – The predominant food-plant is Blackthorn, so should be common in areas of the county wherever this shrub occurs. Has been recorded from most areas of Derbyshire.
ID POINTERS – Another bird dropping mimic. The basal two thirds of the forewing is dark brown or blackish and silvery-blueish grey, sparsely speckled whitish. The remaining third of forewing is a creamy white mottled with silvery grey and greyish-brown, with two brownish or blackish dots in the mid-wing and a brownish or blackish quarter circle mark at the apex.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during May – August
IMAGES – Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar©
