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Tortricidae : Tortricinae

Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix

PANDEMIS cerasana (Hübner, 1786)
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Description
Wingspan: 16-25mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe
UK Distribution: Common throughout much of Britain
UK Conservation Status -
  • Common = >300 10Km Squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Phalaena cerasana Hübner, 1786
Type Species - Pandemis
  • Tortrix textana Hübner, 1799
Type Locality -
  • S Germany-Augsburg
Flight Period: May-September-univoltine
Habitat: Gardens : Deciduous forests : Orchards : Hedgerows : Parkland
Similar Species -
  • Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis heparana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Larva: Feed in the rolled or folded leaf of host plant
Overwinters as: Ovum/small larva
Observation: The moth is yellowish brown with cross lines showing in darker brown with the basal and median area showing in mid-brown.
There are two pre-apial spots marked similarly to the the basal and median areas and the terminal line is clearly marked.There are also very feint chequered markings similar to the P. corylana Fabricius, 1794 on the forewings.
The similar species Dark Fruit-tree T.p. heparana Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 has similar markings but the background colour of the forewing is reddish-brown and the postmedian cross-line is scolloped at the inner margin.

The moth flies from dusk and is attracted to light.
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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
The larva also feed on the following:- Tilia(Lime) Sorbus (Rowan) Crataegus (Hawthorn) Fraxinus (Ash) Geum (Avens)
Lysimachia (Loosestrife) Picea/Pinus (Pine) Prunus (Plum) Pyrus (Pear) Quercus (Oak) Rhamnus (Buckthorn)
Rhododendron (Azaleas) Salix (Willow) Acer(Maple) Rosa (Rose) & Berberis
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
  • Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
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Type Locality:
Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Tortricoidea
Tortricidae
Tortricinae
Archipini
PANDEMIS Hübner, [1825]
Pandemis cerasana (Hübner, 1786)
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Tortrix textana Hübner, 1799
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PHALAENA cerasana Hübner, 1786
= Pandemis ribeana Hübner,1796-1799
= grossulariana Stephens, 1829
= obscura Schöyen, 1882
= Pandemis balticola Strand, 1917
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Hübner, Jakob:Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schmetterlinge
Augsburg 1786  &  Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge / errichtet von Jacob Hübner in Augsburg. By Hübner, Jacob, 1761-1826 Lepidoptera V11 : Tortrices 1V : Title Page :   p.14 - pl. 19 - f. 119
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S Germany-Augsburg