Pammene regiana

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Pammene regiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Pammene
Species:
P. regiana
Binomial name
Pammene regiana
(Zeller, 1849) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Grapholitha regianaZeller, 1849
  • Pammene regiana caucasicaKuznetzov, in Danilevsky & Kuznetsov, 1968

Pammene regiana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Zeller in 1849. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, most of the Balkan Peninsula, Lithuania and Ukraine.

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Larva
Damage Pammene regiana damage.jpg
Damage

The wingspan is about 13–16 millimetres (0.51–0.63 in). The forewings are dark fuscous. The posterior of the costa has whitish strigulae yellower beneath. There is a rather large yellow pentagonal median dorsal blotch, not nearly reaching the tornus and sometimes with a few dark fuscous scales. A streak from costa beyond the middle and the margins of ocellus are bluish metallic. The hindwings are dark fuscous, in male with blackish suffusion on 1c towards termen. The larva is whitish; head brown; plate of 2 pale ochreous. [3]

Adults are on wing from May to July. [4]

The larvae feed on Acer pseudoplatanus . They feed inside the seeds of their host plant. Pupation takes place in a crevice of the bark.

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References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. "Pammene regiana (Zeller, 1849)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  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
  4. UKmoths