Pammene amygdalana

Pammene amygdalana

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Pammene
Species:	P. amygdalana
Binomial name
*Pammene amygdalana* (Duponchel in Godart, 1842)^[1]
Synonyms
Grapholitha amygdalana Duponchel in Godart, 1842 Carpocapsa gallanum Graells, 1858 Carpocapsa gallarum Graells, 1858 Carpocapsa kockeilana Freyer, 1845 Pammene koekeilana Razowski, 2003 Carpocapsa kokeilana Freyer, 1845 Pammene lobarczewskii zelleri Schulze, 1918

Pammene amygdalana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Belgium and Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Austria and Hungary and from France to Romania and Bulgaria.

Larva

Pupa

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August in one generation per year.^[2]

The larvae live as an inquiline in cynipid galls on various plant species, including Andricus kollari, Andricus conglomeratus, Andricus hungaricus, Andricus lucidus and Aphelonyx cerricola. They often consume the cynipid larva as well as gall tissue.

References

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