Pammene amygdalana

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Pammene amygdalana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Pammene
Species:
P. amygdalana
Binomial name
Pammene amygdalana
(Duponchel in Godart, 1842) [1]
Synonyms
  • Grapholitha amygdalanaDuponchel in Godart, 1842
  • Carpocapsa gallanumGraells, 1858
  • Carpocapsa gallarumGraells, 1858
  • Carpocapsa kockeilanaFreyer, 1845
  • Pammene koekeilanaRazowski, 2003
  • Carpocapsa kokeilanaFreyer, 1845
  • Pammene lobarczewskii zelleriSchulze, 1918

Pammene amygdalana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Belgium and Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Austria and Hungary and from France to Romania and Bulgaria.

Larva Pammene amygdalana larva.jpg
Larva
Pupa Pammene amygdalana pupa.jpg
Pupa

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August in one generation per year. [2]

The larvae live as an inquiline in cynipid galls on various plant species, including Andricus kollari , Andricus conglomeratus , Andricus hungaricus , Andricus lucidus and Aphelonyx cerricola . They often consume the cynipid larva as well as gall tissue.

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