49.371 BF1239  –  Tortricidae –  Olethreutinae – Pammene rhediella – Fruitlet Mining Tortrix – (Clerck, 1759) Adult Micro:  CAT 1 – Distinctive species unlikely to be confused with others –       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Tortricidae  >> Olethreutinae
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Other Name/s: Fruitlet-mining Tortrix
ID Difficulty:  green  – easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
Distribution:  (Last record: 7 May 2025 at Long Eaton )  –  Harrison & Sterling recorded across various years, last being Burton-on-Trent 1/6/1981; DaNES two records – Dovedale 16/5/1970; Long Eaton 26/5/1995: iRecord one from Long Eaton 21/4/2024:
General Comment: None
Flight Period: May /  June –  Flies in May and June in warm afternoon sunshine above its host trees Moth Activity: Cathemeral  – Flies in afternoon sunshine Photographed: No –  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 9-12mm
Food Plant: Hawthorn, Apple and Pear.
Last Recorded Year: 2024
Last Recorded By – Marion Bryce
Last Recorded General Area – Long Eaton

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Distribution Map for Pammene rhediella

Found 4 records
    ↳ from 2026+
    ↳ 2 from 2020 - 2025
    ↳ 2 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Pammene rhediella

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Pammene rhediella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Pammene rhediella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Pammene rhediella
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Pammene rhediella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Pammene rhediella
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Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Pammene rhediella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Pammene rhediella
( data includes Adult Stage only )

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 2020-2026.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Pammene rhediella – 4 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

Site NameTetradDateCountStageSource
Sandiacre GardenSK43T11/05/20251adultvc57_irecords_extract
Manor Farm & Norfolk Road Green Space, Long Eaton - SSK53C21/04/20241Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Acton Rd Ind Estate, Long Eaton (site not precise)SK43Q26/05/19951Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Dovedale (site not precise)SK15K16/05/19701Adultvc57_danes_bc_data

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