Pammene gallicolana

Pammene gallicolana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in northern Russia and Latvia and from Germany to Italy and Greece.

Larva

Pammene gallicolana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Pammene
Species:
P. gallicolana
Binomial name
Pammene gallicolana
(Lienig & Zeller, 1846)[1]
Synonyms
  • Grapholitha gallicolana Lienig & Zeller, 1846
  • Pammene gailicolana Kennel, 1921
  • Pammene macrolepis Diakonoff, 1976

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. Adults are on wing at the end of July.[2]

The larvae live as an inquiline in wasp galls on Quercus species.

Taxonomy

Pammene macrolepis (described from Rhodes in Greece) is mostly treated as a synonym of Pammene gallicolana, although some authors treat it as a valid species. It may also prove to be a subspecies.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
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