Species Pandemis lamprosana - Woodgrain Leafroller - Hodges#3593

3593

Pandemis lamprosana (Robinson, 1869)

Tortrix lamprosana Robinson, 1869 (1)

Specific epithet from Greek lampros (λαμπρος) meaning "bright, shining, radiant"

Wingspan 21-26 mm. (1)

Forewing length: male 8.0-10.5 mm, 9.5-12.0 mm. (2)

Larva to 20 mm. (2)

A chunky moth with broad-based almost rectangular wings; forewing has 3 medium-to-dark brown areas: a large basal patch crossing the wing, a broad oblique band running from mid-costa to inner margin near anal angle, and a small patch (sometimes faint) along the costa near the apex; other areas of forewing are lighter yellowish-brown.

Northeastern U.S. and southern Canada (Quebec and Ontario). (2)

Described material: New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts (Sanborn). (1)

Larvae feed on leaves of a variety of deciduous trees, including ash, aspen, basswood, birch, beech, chokecherry, hophornbeam, honeylocust, maple, oak, sassafras, sycamore, witch hazel. (2)

Overwinters as a young larva, completing its development in the spring.

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Pandemis limitata (Robinson) has a more uniformly-colored forewing with 3 pale lines crossing it. Paul Dennehy comments "the difference is in the dark patch near the FW apex. In limitata, the patch is a distinct crescent shape surrounded entirely by lighter color, but in lamprosana, the distal portion of the patch fades into the darker ground color toward the apex."

Robinson, C.T., 1869. Notes on American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 264. (1)

Moth Photographers Group (3)

TortAI (2)