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Family: Tortricidae   Checklist Number: 49.371

Pammene rhediella   (Clerck, 1759)

Fruit Mining Tortrix

First recorded in 2017 with just two subsequent records, all from South Uist. The flight period is from April to June over hedgerows and orchards. The larval food-plants are several fruiting trees and shrubs including hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna).

References: 
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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