Biology:Dichrorampha plumbana

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Short description: Species of moth

Dichrorampha plumbana
Dichrorampha plumbana, Caen y coed, North Wales, May 2010 (19656672586).jpg
Dichrorampha plumbana, Caen y coed, North Wales, May 2010
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Dichrorampha
Species:
D. plumbana
Binomial name
Dichrorampha plumbana
(Scopoli, 1763)

Dichrorampha plumbana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763.[1] It is native to the Palearctic including Europe.[2]

The wingspan is 11–14 mm.The forewings are dark fuscous, sharply irrorated with pale ochreous, costa obscurely spotted with dark fuscous and whitish ; anterior half obscurely striated or suffused with greyish, forming a slightly paler subtriangular median dorsal blotch ; some streaks from costa posteriorly and margins of ocellus leaden-metallic ; from three to five black dots on termen ; termen rather oblique, sinuation distinct. Hindwings fuscous or dark fuscous.The larva is yellowish- white ; head yellow -brownish ; plate of 2 ochreous.[3]

The larva develops on the roots of yarrow Achillea millefolium and Leucanthemum vulgare,. The adults fly during the day and into the evening in May–June.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Dichrorampha plumbana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=93718. 
  2. "Dichrorampha plumbana (Scopoli, 1763)". https://www.gbif.org/species/1738777. 
  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 ☰ Q11965622 entry