Pammene obscurana | |
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Pammene obscurana Moscow Oblast | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Pammene |
Species: | P. obscurana |
Binomial name | |
Pammene obscurana (Stephens, 1834) |
Pammene obscurana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by James Francis Stephens in 1834.
It is native to the Palearctic.
12โ14 mm is the wingspan. There are no other obvious markings on the forewing other than a square, brownish-white spot with a brown center stripe at the dorsal edge. The back wings are a pale gray-brown color. Meyrick describes it - Forewings rather dark fuscous; some pairs of indistinct pale costal strigulae; a subquadrate spot on middle of dorsum formed of three ill-defined whitish strigulae; ocellus obscurely edged with dull leaden-metallic. Hindwings rather dark fuscous.
The adults fly in MayโJune.
The larvae feed on Betula spp.
References
- "Pammene obscurana (Stephens, 1834)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
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Taxon identifiers | |
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Pammene obscurana |
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