About Pandemis dumetana (Treitschke, 1835)
Pandemis dumetana, first described by Treitschke in 1835, is a moth species that belongs to the family Tortricidae. This species can be found across multiple regions: in China it occurs in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Beijing, Hubei, Sichuan, Qinghai, and Yunnan, and it is also present in South Korea, Japan, Russia, northern India, almost all of Europe, Asia Minor, Iran, southern Siberia, and Transcaucasia. Its typical habitat includes woodlands, fruit farms, orchards, and gardens. Males of this species have a wingspan ranging from 18 to 20 millimeters, while females have a larger wingspan between 19 and 22 millimeters. Adult Pandemis dumetana are active on the wing from June through August. The larvae of this moth species 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.
