| Pammene populana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Pammene |
| Species: | P. populana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pammene populana (Fabricius, 1787) | |
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Pammene populana, commonly known as the pygmy piercer, a moth species belonging to the family Tortricidae. This species is distributed across most of Europe, with the exception of Portugal, the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine. [1] Its habitat includes woodlands, marshes, riverbanks, fens, and sand dunes. [2]
The wingspan ranges from 10 to 15 millimeters. [3] Adult moths exhibit a yellowish blotch on the dorsum, featuring a darker central spot. Meyrick's description: Forewings are dark fuscous, with the costa posteriorly strigulated with whitish markings; there is a triangular ochreous-white median dorsal blotch, the apex somewhat bent posteriorly and including a small triangular dark fuscous dorsal spot; three streaks from the costa and margins of the ocellus are leaden-metallic. Hindwings are dark fuscous with a lighter base. The larva is whitish-green with a black head; the plate is black with an anteriorly whitish-green section. [4]
Adults are active and in flight from July to August. [5]
The larvae feed on Salix species and construct shelters using leaf fragments.
