Pandemis dumetana

Pandemis dumetana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Pandemis
Species: P. dumetana
Binomial name
Pandemis dumetana
(Treitschke, 1825)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix dumetana Treitschke, 1825
  • Pandemis gravana Caradja, 1932

Pandemis dumetana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Beijing, Hubei, Sichuan, Qinghai, Yunnan), South Korea, Japan, Russia, northern India, almost all of Europe,[2] Asia Minor, Iran, southern Siberia and Transcaucasia.[3] The habitat consists of woodlands, fruit farms, orchards and gardens.[4]

The wingspan is 18–20 mm for males and 19–22 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to August.[5]

The larvae feed on Cerylus heterophyllus, Chenopodium album, Dictamnus dasycarpus, Fraxinus mandshurica, Glycine max, Juglans mandschurica, Lysimachia clethroides, Malus pumila, Mentha, Parthenocissus tricuspidata, Sanguisarba officinalis, Spiraea salicifolia, Thalictrum and Agastache rugosus.[6] They feed on the flowers and leaves of their host plants, living in a spun or rolled leaf. The species overwinters as a young larva in a silken chamber.[7]

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Alipanah, Helen, 2009: A brief study on the tribes Tortricini and Archipini (Lepidoptera: Tortricinae) from Iran. Entomofauna Band 30, Heft 10: 137-152.
  4. ↑ Hants Moths
  5. ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
  6. ↑ Revision of Tribe Archipini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae) in Northeast China
  7. ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium
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