Biology:Pammene gallicolana

Short description: Species of moth

Pammene gallicolana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Pammene
Species:	P. gallicolana
Binomial name
Pammene gallicolana (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)
Synonyms
Grapholitha gallicolana Lienig & Zeller, 1846 Pammene gailicolana Kennel, 1921 Pammene macrolepis Diakonoff, 1976

Pammene gallicolana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in northern Russia and Latvia and from Germany to Italy and Greece.

Larva

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. Adults are on wing at the end of July.

The larvae live as an inquiline in wasp galls on Quercus species.

Taxonomy

Pammene macrolepis (described from Rhodes in Greece) is mostly treated as a synonym of Pammene gallicolana, although some authors treat it as a valid species. It may also prove to be a subspecies.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7129356 entry