Pammene gallicana (Guenée, 1845) Species
Last modified: Dec. 29, 2023, 11:10 a.m.
A very rare but widespread species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Grapholitini > Genus: Pammene > Species: Pammene gallicana
- Vernacular names
- Pauwdwergbladroller (NL), Purple-shaded Piercer, Purple Marbled Tortrix (EN), Pastinaken-Zwergwickler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Pammene rufillana (Doubleday, 1849)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Crombrugghe G. 1898. Note sur quelques Lépidoptères nouveaux pour la faune belge. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 42: 34–38. On page 35.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 10–13 mm. The wings have an extensive and pronounced violet-plumbeous suffusion.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Egg
Eggs are laid on the developing seedheads on the host plant.
Caterpillar
Yellowish brown body with a dark brown head, prothoracic and anal plates somewhat lighter brown. When fully grown more tinged with pink.
Bionomics
The larvae live in the inflorescence, feeding on the spun fruits eating out their substance. The larva hibernates in a cocoon in the litter where it remains until the spring.
The adults fly in afternoon sunshine, when they rest on flowers of the foodplant, and again from dusk onwards. The adults come to light.
Flight periods
The adults have been seen from June, but usually fly from early July towards late August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Angelica sylvestris and Heracleum sphondylium
- Host plant (genera):
- Daucus
The larva feeds on Angelica sylvestris, Daucus carota, Heracleum sphondylium, Peucedanum palustre, Silaum silaus and Pastinaca sativa.
Habitat
It occurs in downland, open places, flowery grasslands and pastures, woodland edges, roadside verges etc...
