Biology:Pammene splendidulana

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Short description: Species of moth

Pammene splendidulana
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Pammene
Species:
P. splendidulana
Binomial name
Pammene splendidulana
(Guenee, 1845)

Pammene splendidulana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1845.[1]

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

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Pammene splendidulana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=96827. 
  2. "Pammene splendidulana (Guenee, 1845)". https://www.gbif.org/species/1744893. 
  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 ☰ Q11994680 entry