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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Pandemis

Genus Pandemis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pandemis Leafroller Moth - Pandemis pyrusana

Three-lined Leafroller Moth? - Pandemis limitata

Woodgrain Leafroller - Pandemis lamprosana

Three-lined Leafroller - Pandemis limitata

Moth-a-pillar - Pandemis limitata - female

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)

Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)

Subfamily Tortricinae

Tribe Archipini

Genus Pandemis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pandemis Hübner, 1825

Explanation of Names

Generic epithet from Greek πᾶν + δῆμος meaning "all the common people." Hübner named Syndemis (all the people together) in the same work.

Numbers

About 60 described species, mostly from Madagascar. Six species in North America, two introduced from Europe, all of which occur in British Columbia, according to (1). However, there are nine species in Bugguide.

Identification

Pohl, et al. (2016) list 9 species, all included here.(2) This guide should be used only as a first step in identification.

P. cerasana P. heparana P. lamprosana P. limitata P. canadana P. pyrusana P. borealis P. coniferana P. morrisana

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Print References

Hübner, J., 1825. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, p.388.

Internet References

Jacob Hübner (1761-1826)

Annals Entomol. Soc. America. Phylogeny of Nearctic Pandemis (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), With Focus on Species Boundaries in the P. limitata Group. 2012

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 November, 2005 - 6:23pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 26 January, 2019 - 10:56pm

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