Seq # 362950190

Pammene trauniana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species

Last modified: Jan. 1, 2024, 10:47 a.m.


A very rare species in Belgium.


Details

Classification
Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Grapholitini > Genus: Pammene > Species: Pammene trauniana
Vernacular names
Donkere maanmot (NL), Maple Piercer (EN), Feldahorn-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

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan 10–13 mm. Adults are very similar in appearance, but smaller than the commoner Pammene regiana, and the dorsal blotch in Pammene trauniana is more uniform in shape with the posterior edge square against the dorsum and tends to be paler, more lemon-yellow in colour.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Caterpillar

A whitish larva with gray-brown dots, the head is light brown, the neck plate differs little from the body color, the rear is lined with dark dots, the anal valve is brown.

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Bionomics

The larva lives in the seeds and its presence is indicated by an exudation of frass at the seed base. It vacates the seed in September when fully fed and hibernates in a silken cocoon spun under bark at the base of the host tree.
They fly during the day in bright sunshine around the top of the trees and later occasionally come to light.

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Flight periods

The adults have been seen from late April towards early August.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Acer campestre

The larva lives on *Acer campestre.

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Habitat

It inhabits gardens, parkland, scrub, hedgerows and woodland.

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