Seq # 362950140

Pammene populana (Fabricius, 1787) Species

Last modified: Dec. 4, 2024, 4 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

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

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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.

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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.

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Habitat

It inhabits woodland, fens, marshes, banks of streams, wet places etc...

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