Pandemis chondrillana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in France, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia,[2] Asia Minor, Iran, Afghanistan, from Kazakhstan to Siberia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and north-western China.[3]

Pandemis chondrillana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Pandemis
Species:
P. chondrillana
Binomial name
Pandemis chondrillana
Synonyms
  • Lozotaenia chondrillana Herrich-Schäffer, 1860
  • Tortrix elsana Kennel, 1919
  • Tortrix eulogiana Kennel, 1919
  • Tortrix laurana Kennel, 1919
  • Tortrix praefloratana Kennel, 1901
  • Pandemis chondrillana ab. unicolor Obraztsov, 1942

The wingspan is 17–24 mm for males and 20–27 mm for females. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Rosa, Salix, Populus and Quercus species.

References edit

  1. ^ tortricidae.com
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Trematerra, P., 2010: Clepsis trifasciata sp. n. with notes on some Lepidoptera Tortricidae from Kirgizstan. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research Serie II 42 (1): 1-10. Abstract and full article: [1]