Pammene splendidulana
Pammene splendidulana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1845.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Pammene |
| Species: | P. splendidulana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pammene splendidulana (Guenee, 1845) | |
It is native to Europe.[2] and parts of North Africa.
The wingspan is 9 11 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, very finely and closely whitish - striated. The costa is marked with short ochreous whitish streaks becoming silvery-metallic beneath. There is a leaden- metallic fascia within the basal patch and the angulated edge of the basal patch is followed by a leaden-metallic fascia triangularly dilated on the dorsum. The central fascia is followed by a thick leaden metallic stria interrupted in the middle by a black spot. Sometimes there are some black scales in the ocellus. The hindwings are fuscous, more or less whitish-suffused anteriorly. The larva is whitish; spots black; head and plate of 2 black: between joined leaves of oak.[3]
The larvae develop between two interconnected leaves of oak (Quercus spp.). The moths have a fairly extensive flying time in the spring.
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pammene splendidulana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- "Pammene splendidulana (Guenee, 1845)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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