Dichrorampha plumbagana

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Dichrorampha plumbagana
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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.

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichrorampha plumbagana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Dichrorampha plumbagana (Treitschke, 1830)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
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