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Pammene obscurana

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Species of moth

Pammene obscurana
Pammene obscurana Moscow Oblast
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

12โ€“14 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 Mayโ€“June.

The larvae feed on Betula spp.

References

  1. "Pammene obscurana (Stephens, 1834)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

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Taxon identifiers
Pammene obscurana
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