Pammene argyrana (Hübner, 1799) Species
Last modified: Dec. 28, 2023, 12:15 p.m.
A rare early spring species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Grapholitini > Genus: Pammene > Species: Pammene argyrana
- Vernacular names
- Fruitdwergbladroller (NL), Black-bordered Piercer, Oak Gall Moth (EN), Eichengallen-Samenwickler (DE)
- 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. The male has a sharply demarcated blackish brown border of the hindwing.
The males are strongly attracted to the pheromone developed for this species, but also to the pheromone originally developed for Grapholita funebrana, Grapholita molesta and others.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Genitalia
Caterpillar
Translucent white body with a light brown head, prothoracic plate whitish, partly seamed with dark, anal plate two-coloured, prominent brown pinacula.
Bionomics
The larva lives and feeding internally in galls of hymenopterans on the host plant. When fully fed in late summer, it usually leaves the gall and spins up elsewhere, hibernating and pupating in early spring. Pupates in a silken cocoon in the larval habitation, inside an old gall or under bark or moss.
They are often found resting during the day on the trunks of oaks. They are on the wing in the late afternoon and early evening and later comes to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly from late March towards late June in one generation a year.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Quercus
The larva lives in galls on Quercus, mainly on Quercus robur.
Habitat
It inhabits gardens, orchards, woods etc...
