Dichrorampha plumbana

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Dichrorampha plumbana
Dichrorampha plumbana, Caen y coed, North Wales, May 2010 (19656672586).jpg
Dichrorampha plumbana, Caen y coed, North Wales, May 2010
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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.

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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 plumbana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Dichrorampha plumbana (Scopoli, 1763)". 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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