Pammene argyrana is a species of moth belonging to the family Tortricidae.[1]
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| Pammene argyrana Moscow Oblast | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Pammene |
| Species: | P. argyrana
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| Binomial name | |
| Pammene argyrana (Hübner, 1799)
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The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The forewing has a white or brownish-white spot at the dorsal edge. The colour of the hindwings is characteristic: brownish white with sharply delineated brown areas in the posterior part and at the apex. Meyrick describes it - The forewings are fuscous, sometimes ochreous- tinged, irregularly marked with black, costa strigulated with black and white ; three streaks from costa and margins of ocellus leaden - metallic ; sharply angulated edge of basal patch and central fascia darker, separated by a somewhat pentagonal white dorsal blotch more or less strigulated with blackish ; a suffused blackish spot before apex. Hindwings fuscous, in male basally whitish, with terminal and broader dorsal blackish fascia, in female posteriorly darker fuscous. The larva is pinkish-white, sharply ringed with white ; spots red ; head brown ; plate of 2 whitish or grey, posterior edge blackish [2]
Like Pammene giganteana, this species has larvae that develop in galls made by Cynipidae on Quercus. The adults fly in April–May, mostly at night, they often rest in a bark crack during the day.
References edit
- ^ a b "Pammene argyrana (Hubner, 1799)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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