Pammene germmana (Hübner, 1799) Species
Last modified: Dec. 29, 2023, 12:08 p.m.
A very rare but widespread species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Grapholitini > Genus: Pammene > Species: Pammene germmana
- Vernacular names
- Haakjesdwergbladroller (NL), Black Piercer, Dark Oak Tortrix (EN), Pflaumen-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 21.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 10–14 mm. It has a dark brown quite plain appearance, with a series of prominent creamy-coloured strigulae along the costa, interspersed with occasional bluish-metallic streaks and whitish or pale ochre labial palps and face.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Little is known about the biology, but the larvae probably bore in the young shoots and fruits on the host plant.
They are active in early morning and again in the afternoon. They come to light.
Flight periods
The adults have been seen from early May towards mid-July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Prunus domestica
- Host plant (genera):
- Crataegus, Quercus and Prunus
The food plants of the caterpillar is still unknown. The literature lists the following possible food plants Prunus domestica, Prunus sp., Quercus and Crataegus.
Habitat
It occurs in suitable localities where the food plant occurs like open woodland and hedgerows.
