Pandemis dumetana
Checklist Number49.027 [B&F: 0973]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Subfamily: | Tortricinae |
| Genus: | Pandemis |
| Species: | dumetana |
| Authority: | (Treitschke, 1835) |
Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in woodland, fruit farms, orchards and gardens in parts of England. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 18-22 mm. The relatively broader forewing and weakly strigulate whitish hindwing are characteristic of this species. Larva feeds on flowers and leaves of Garden Strawberry and herbaceous plants, living within a spun or rolled leaf, over-wintering in a silken chamber.
