Pammene populana

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Pammene populana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Pammene
Species:
P. populana
Binomial name
Pammene populana
(Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
  • Pyralis populanaFabricius, 1787
  • Tortrix ephippanaHubner, [1817]
  • Phthoroblastis populnanaFrey, 1880
  • Tortrix sticticanaFrolich, 1828

Pammene populana, the pygmy piercer, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine. [1] The habitat consists of woodland, marshes, riverbanks, fens and sand dunes. [2]

The wingspan is 10–15 mm. [3] Adults have a yellowish blotch on the dorsum with a darker central spot. Meyrick describes it - Forewings dark fuscous, costa posteriorly strigulated with whitish ; a triangular ochreous-white median dorsal blotch, apex somewhat bent posteriorly, including a small triangular dark fuscous dorsal spot ; three streaks from costa and margins of ocellus leaden-metallic. Hindwings dark fuscous, base lighter. Larva whitish-green; head black; plate of 2 black, anteriorly whitish-green. [4]

They are on wing from July to August. [5]

The larvae feed on Salix species. They spin a shelter from leaf fragments.

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References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Hants Moths
  3. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ UKmoths


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