Pammene populana (Fabricius, 1787) Species
Last modified: March 23, 2024, 1:55 p.m.
A very rare but widespread species in Belgium, more observed in the northern part.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Grapholitini > Genus: Pammene > Species: Pammene populana
- Vernacular names
- Populierendwergbladroller (NL), Pigmy Y Piercer, Willow Y Moth (EN), Weiden-Zwergwickler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Pammene ephippana (Hübner, 1817)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 22.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 10–13 mm. A fuscous colored moth, greyer towards the base and darker, becoming black terminally. There is variable orange ochre shading towards the termen. An irregular white dorsal blotch is dark marked. The short pale costal strigulae subtend plumbeous fasciae that also edge the ocellus which is marked with a few black dashes.
Hindwings dark grey-brown, slightly paler at the base; cilia brownish gray, basal streak darker.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Genitalia
Caterpillar
Whitish-green larva with a black head, the neck plate is whitish-green at the front and black at the back.
Cocoon/pupa
Bionomics
The larva lives in the spun leaf shoots on the host plant to form a shelter within which it lives in a chamber constructed of silk and withered leaf fragments Pupation in a cocoon under bark, in the soil or between leaves.
The adults can be seen resting on sallow leaves in the afternoons and later come sparsely to light.
Flight periods
The adults have been mainly observed from mid-July towards September.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Salix caprea, Salix repens, Salix viminalis, Salix aurita and Salix purpurea
- Host plant (genera):
- Salix
The larva lives on Salix caprea, Salix aurita, Salix repens, Salix viminalis and Salix purpurea*. Narrow-leaved willows seem to play a minor role.
Habitat
It inhabits woodland, fens, marshes, banks of streams, wet places etc...
