Pandemis cerasana       Syndemis musculana
49.026 BF972  –  Tortricidae –  Tortricinae – Pandemis heparana – Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix – ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Adult Micro:  CAT 2 – Confusion Species –       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Blue –  Generally Common / Widespread   
Taxonomy:   Micro  >> Tortricidae  >> Tortricinae
ID Difficulty:  green  – easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
ID pointers: Forewings variable in colour from orangey-brown to reddish-brown with darker markings. A weak net-like pattern. A central cross-band that has an angular projection on the inner margin. Helps to distinguish it from cerasana. Dark basal area and dark spots on the costa near the wing tip. Bell like in shape.
Distribution:  Common and widely distributed across the county.
Flight Period: June /  July /  August /  –  On the wing during June – August. Moth Activity: Nocturnal   – and is attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Tony Davison  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 7 May 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 16-24mm
 Food Plant: Various fruit and other deciduous trees.
Recorded dates for Common [Blue codeBlue-coded ] moths are not stored on the website at this current time.
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Pandemis heparana - Tony Davison
Pandemis heparana – Dark-Fruit-tree-Tortrix – Tony Davison
49.026 BF972 - Tortricidae - Tortricinae - Pandemis heparana - Dark-Fruit-tree-Tortrix
Pandemis heparana – Dark-Fruit-tree-Tortrix – Tony Davison
Pandemis heparana - Tony Davison
49.026 BF972 - Tortricidae - Tortricinae - Pandemis heparana - Dark-Fruit-tree-Tortrix

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Distribution Map for Pandemis heparana

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Found 382 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 94 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 288 from Before 2020

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Monthly Records By Year: Pandemis heparana

Monthly Counts By Year: Pandemis heparana

Recordings By Year: Pandemis heparana

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Pandemis heparana

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Pandemis heparana

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Pandemis heparana – 382 records available

Listed by Year - descending

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCount
Pandemis heparanaMarkham Vale DerbyshireSK47L202425/07/20241
Pandemis heparanaMickleover gardenSK33C202426/06/20241
Pandemis heparanaAllestree, DerbySK33P202404/06/20241
Pandemis heparanaWingerworth, DerbyshireSK36Y202409/07/20241
Pandemis heparanaWoodland AveSK43R202402/08/20241
Pandemis heparanaWoodland AveSK43R202413/07/20241
Pandemis heparanaInkersall gardenSK47G202424/08/20241
Pandemis heparanaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202413/08/20241
Pandemis heparanaMarkham Vale DerbyshireSK47K202409/08/20241
Pandemis heparanaInkersall gardenSK47G202402/08/20241
Pandemis heparanaOrchid WoodSK43L202423/07/20241
Pandemis heparanaCote Heath Allotments, BuxtonSK07R202420/07/20242
Pandemis heparanaMickleover gardenSK33C202419/07/20241
Pandemis heparanaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202417/07/20241
Pandemis heparanaHigh Leas Farm, RiberSK35D202428/07/20242
Pandemis heparanaMarkham Vale South TipSK47L202423/06/20241
Pandemis heparanaHathersageSK28F202419/07/20241
Pandemis heparanaFroggatt, Hope ValleySK27N202420/07/20243
Pandemis heparanaClover Close, ElvastonSK43B202418/08/20241
Pandemis heparanaMarkham Vale DerbyshireSK47K202412/08/20241
Pandemis heparanaMickleover gardenSK33C202401/08/20241
Pandemis heparanaWingerworth, DerbyshireSK36Y202431/07/20241
Pandemis heparanaInkersall gardenSK47G202430/07/20241
Pandemis heparanaKing's NewtonSK32Y202429/07/20241
Pandemis heparanaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202422/07/20241
Pandemis heparanaSandiacre SK43S202414/07/20241
Pandemis heparanaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202429/06/20241
Pandemis heparanaWoodland AveSK43R202427/07/20241
Pandemis heparanaBirch ValeSK08I202416/08/20241
Pandemis heparanaGlossop, The TwitchlingsSK09L202418/08/20241
Pandemis heparanaInkersall gardenSK47G202415/08/20241
Pandemis heparanaStaveley DerbyshireSK47H202411/08/20241
Pandemis heparanaStaveley DerbyshireSK47H202404/08/20242
Pandemis heparanaupper cromford gardenSK25Y202429/07/20241
Pandemis heparanaDWT Wyver LaneSK35K202321/08/20231
Pandemis heparanaHathersageSK28F202317/08/20231
Pandemis heparanaWoodland AveSK43R202306/08/20232
Pandemis heparanaWoodland AveSK43R202328/07/20231
Pandemis heparanaSandiacreSK43T202326/07/20231
Pandemis heparanaMarkham Vale South TipSK47K202307/08/20231
Pandemis heparanaShirland - Hallfieldgate LaneSK35Z202322/07/20231
Pandemis heparanaHaddon HallSK26I202310/08/20231
Pandemis heparanaHathersage, Derbyshire, UKSK28F202307/07/20232
Pandemis heparanaBelperSK34U202309/08/20231
Pandemis heparanaWaingroves WoodsSK44E202304/08/20234
Pandemis heparanaMarkham Vale , Seymour , DerbyshireSK47L202322/08/20232
Pandemis heparanaStaveley DerbyshireSK47H202317/07/20231
Pandemis heparanaLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202321/07/20231
Pandemis heparanaMarkham Vale DerbyshireSK47L202305/07/20231
Pandemis heparanaGlossop, Gnat Hole Rough FieldsSK09L202308/08/20231
Pandemis heparanaWaingroves WoodsSK44E202304/08/20231
Pandemis heparanaBelper GardenSK34P202304/08/20231
Pandemis heparanaMarkham Vale DerbyshireSK47L202310/08/20231
Pandemis heparanaBuxton SK17, UKSK07S202313/07/20231
Pandemis heparanaHathersage, Derbyshire, UKSK28F202229/07/20222
Pandemis heparanaShirland - Hallfieldgate LaneSK35Z202229/07/20221
Pandemis heparanaFindern, Derbyshire, DE65 6AZSK33A202211/07/20221
Pandemis heparanaHathersage, Derbyshire, UKSK28F202209/08/20221
Pandemis heparanaKirk Hallam, IlkestonSK44K202212/08/20221
Pandemis heparanaHathersage, Derbyshire, UKSK28F202210/07/20221
Pandemis heparanaStaveley DerbyshireSK47H202212/07/20221
Pandemis heparanaSandiacreSK43T202214/06/20226
Pandemis heparanaLadycroft AveSK07S202205/07/20221
Pandemis heparanaHathersage, Derbyshire, UKSK28F202120/07/20212
Pandemis heparanaWoodland AveSK43R202101/08/20211
Pandemis heparanaLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202126/07/20211
Pandemis heparanaHathersage, Derbyshire, UKSK28F202126/07/20212
Pandemis heparanaHathersage, Derbyshire, UKSK28F202116/07/20211
Pandemis heparanaMain Street, Kings NewtonSK32Y202108/09/20211
Pandemis heparanaWoodland AveSK43R202124/07/20211
Pandemis heparanaGrin Plantation, BuxtonSK07L202109/08/20211
Pandemis heparanaLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202125/07/20211
Pandemis heparanaHathersage, Derbyshire, UKSK28F202123/07/20211
Pandemis heparanaWoodland AveSK43R202120/07/20214
Pandemis heparanaGrin Low, BuxtonSK07K202109/08/20211
Pandemis heparanaBirch ValeSK08I202109/07/20211
Pandemis heparanaHathersage, Derbyshire, UKSK28F202106/08/20211
Pandemis heparanaBlacka Moor and PlantationSK28V202009/08/20201
Pandemis heparanaMain Street, Kings NewtonSK32Y202012/08/20201
Pandemis heparanaWoodland AveSK43R202029/07/20201
Pandemis heparanaFindern, Derbyshire, DE65 6AZSK33A202021/07/20201
Pandemis heparanaLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202022/06/20201
Pandemis heparanaMain Street, Kings NewtonSK32Y202005/08/20206
Pandemis heparanaHaddon ParkSK26I202028/07/20201
Pandemis heparanaWoodland AveSK43R202026/06/20201
Pandemis heparanaHathersageSK28F202031/07/20201
Pandemis heparanaThe Mays, Malthouse Lane, FroggattSK27N20208-Aug-201
Pandemis heparanaFindern, Derbyshire, DE65 6AZSK33A202008/09/20202
Pandemis heparanaMain Street, Kings NewtonSK32Y202007/08/20203
Pandemis heparanaWoodland AveSK43R202006/08/20201
Pandemis heparanaMelbourne, DerbyshireSK32X202029/07/20201
Pandemis heparanaWoodland AveSK43R202014/06/20201
Pandemis heparanaFindern, Derbyshire, DE65 6AZSK33A202007/09/20201
Pandemis heparanaLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S202030/06/20201
Pandemis heparanaThe Meads, Shipley Park, HeanorSK44H201913-Jul-191
Pandemis heparanaBuxton (Cote Heath Allotments)SK07R201926-Jul-191
Pandemis heparanaBuxton (Cote Heath Allotments)SK07R201916-Jul-191
Pandemis heparanaLadycroft Ave, BuxtonSK07S201921/07/20191
Pandemis heparanaMain Street, Kings NewtonSK32Y201915/07/20192
Pandemis heparanaShirland - Hallfieldgate LaneSK35Z201921/07/20191

Pandemis cerasana       Syndemis musculana

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