Pammene obscurana
Pammene obscurana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by James Francis Stephens in 1834.[1]
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| Pammene obscurana Moscow Oblast | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Pammene |
| Species: | P. obscurana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pammene obscurana (Stephens, 1834) | |
It is native to the Palearctic.
12–14 mm is the wingspan. There are no other obvious markings on the forewing other than a square, brownish-white spot with a brown center stripe at the dorsal edge. The back wings are a pale gray-brown color. Meyrick describes it - Forewings rather dark fuscous ; some pairs of indistinct pale costal strigulae ; a subquadrate spot on middle of dorsum formed of three ill-defined whitish strigulae ; ocellus obscurely edged with dull leaden-metallic. Hindwings rather dark fuscous.[2]
The adults fly in May-June.
The larvae feed on Betula spp.
References
- "Pammene obscurana (Stephens, 1834)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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