Dichrorampha plumbana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763.[1] It is native to the Palearctic including Europe.[2]
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| Dichrorampha plumbana, Caen y coed, North Wales, May 2010 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Dichrorampha |
| Species: | D. plumbana
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichrorampha plumbana (Scopoli, 1763)
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The wingspan is 11–14 mm.The forewings are dark fuscous, sharply irrorated with pale ochreous, costa obscurely spotted with dark fuscous and whitish ; anterior half obscurely striated or suffused with greyish, forming a slightly paler subtriangular median dorsal blotch ; some streaks from costa posteriorly and margins of ocellus leaden-metallic ; from three to five black dots on termen ; termen rather oblique, sinuation distinct. Hindwings fuscous or dark fuscous.The larva is yellowish- white ; head yellow -brownish ; plate of 2 ochreous.[3]
The larva develops on the roots of yarrow Achillea millefolium and Leucanthemum vulgare,. The adults fly during the day and into the evening in May–June.
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichrorampha plumbana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Dichrorampha plumbana (Scopoli, 1763)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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