Pammene fasciana (Linnaeus, 1761) Species
Last modified: Dec. 4, 2024, 3:55 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Grapholitini > Genus: Pammene > Species: Pammene fasciana
- Vernacular names
- Gewone dwergbladroller (NL), Acorn Piercer (EN), Früher Kastanienwickler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Pammene juliana (Curtis, 1836)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Fré Ch. 1858. Catalogue des Microlépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 2: 45–162. On page 85.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 13–17 mm. Forewings are white and grey with a large ocellus consisting of a leaden-metallic center bar surrounded by black and yellow dashes.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Egg
Females lay eggs singly or in small groups along the veins on the leaves of the host plant and hatch in ca. 10 days. The eggs are creamy white, developing a purplish-red ring as the embryo develops.
Caterpillar
Late instar larvae are approximately 13-15 mm in length. The caterpillar is almost white with gray dots, the head is light brown, the neck plate is the same color as the body with two larger dots on the side and two smaller dots at the back. Anal valve is brown.
Bionomics
The larva lives inside the acorns or the nuts on the host plant. Frass is expelled from the entrance holes. When the nuts fall from the tree, the fully grown larva exits and makes a hibernation cocoon in the litter or under the tree bark, or into the moss of the trunks.
Especially the males are active in early morning and in the late afternoon. They come to light.
Flight periods
The adults have been seen from May towards late September but usually fly from early June towards early August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Castanea sativa and Quercus robur
- Host plant (genera):
- Quercus
The larva feeds on Quercus sp., Quercus robur and Castanea sativa.
Habitat
It inhabits woodland, scrub, parkland, heathland, fens and gardens.
