| UK Status 
 Resident. Widespread and fairly common throughout
the British Isles as far north as Perthshire and the Western Isles in
Scotland.
 
 Montgomeryshire Status
 
 First recorded in 2010 at Llanfyllin in the north of the county. Very
scarce in north Wales, this was only the third record.
 
 Wingspan
:
  M & F, 10-12mm.
 
 Confusion species
 
 A. sorbiella.
 
 | Flight time & Voltinity
(Univoltine) 
 Habitat
 
 Wherever foodplant is found.
 
 Foodplant
 
 Malus spp.
 
 Lifestage data
 
 Eggs laid on the bark of foodplant. Larva overwinters in the egg, when
hatches feeds on flowering shoots. Pupates in a loose cocoon amongst
the leaves.
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