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Pammene splendidulana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Pammene
Species:	P. splendidulana
Binomial name
Pammene splendidulana (Guenee, 1845)

Pammene splendidulana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1845.

It is native to Europe. and parts of North Africa.

The wingspan is 9 11 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, very finely and closely whitish - striated. The costa is marked with short ochreous whitish streaks becoming silvery-metallic beneath. There is a leaden- metallic fascia within the basal patch and the angulated edge of the basal patch is followed by a leaden-metallic fascia triangularly dilated on the dorsum. The central fascia is followed by a thick leaden metallic stria interrupted in the middle by a black spot. Sometimes there are some black scales in the ocellus. The hindwings are fuscous, more or less whitish-suffused anteriorly. The larva is whitish; spots black; head and plate of 2 black: between joined leaves of oak.

The larvae develop between two interconnected leaves of oak (Quercus spp.). The moths have a fairly extensive flying time in the spring.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Pammene splendidulana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
2. "Pammene splendidulana (Guenee, 1845)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
3. 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

• Grapholitini
• Moths described in 1845