Biology:Dichrorampha plumbagana

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Short description: Species of moth

Dichrorampha plumbagana
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Dichrorampha
Species:
D. plumbagana
Binomial name
Dichrorampha plumbagana
(Treitschke, 1830)

Dichrorampha plumbagana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae first described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1830.[1]

It is native to Europe.[2]

The wingspan is 12-14mm. The forewing fold reaches 2/5. The ground colour is dark fuscous, sharply irrorated with pale ochreous, slightly greenish-tinged. The costa is posteriorly strigulated with silvery-whitish. Some streaks from costa posteriorly and margins of ocellus are bright silvery-leaden-metallic. There is an obscure leaden metallic dorsal blotch with a darker central streak, narrowed upwards, contracted beneath a truncate apex and three black dots on the termen towards middle. The termen is oblique, the sinuation distinct. The hindwings are grey, paler towards base.The larva is yellowish-white; head light brown; plate of 2 very pale brown.[3]

The larvae develop on the roots and the lower part of the stem of yarrow Achillea millefolium. The adults fly in June.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Dichrorampha plumbagana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=93714. 
  2. "Dichrorampha plumbagana (Treitschke, 1830)". https://www.gbif.org/species/1738818. 
  3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

Wikidata ☰ Q11965626 entry