Pammene gallicolana

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

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.

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

^ Fauna Europaea
^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] rolepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine

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