These moths occur in gardens, forest clearings, hedgerows, woodland edges, forest roads and roadsides.[3]
Descriptionedit
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Pammene aurana has a wingspan of 9–13 mm.[4] These moths show chocolate brown or reddish brown forewings with yellow-orange blotches. They usually have two almost round yellow-orange spots before the wing's outer edge and a large round or semicircular yellow-orange marking in the middle at the wing's rear edge. The fringes are dark brown. The hind wings are dark. Head, thorax, abdomen and antennae are brown to dark brown. In the form Pammene aurana var. aurantiana the various yellow-orange markings flow together and only the wing base, the costa and the outer edge are brown.
The caterpillars are whitish with a shiny black-brown head. They can reach a length of about 5 millimetres (0.20 in).[5]
Biologyedit
Adults are on wing from June to August. They are active in sunshine. The feed on nectar of the common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) and of giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazziannum).[6] There is one generation per year (univoltine species). The eggs are laid in the flowers of said plants. The larvae live within a spinning of the seeds of these flowers and feed on them. They hibernate from October in a silk cocoon under the ground and pupates the following year in spring inside that cocoon. The moths hatch in June and July.[4][7]
Referencesedit
^Smith, Frank H N (1997). The Moths and Butterflies of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Wallingford: Gem Publishing Company. p. 145. ISBN0 906802 07 5.
pammene, aurana, moth, family, tortricidae, dorsal, viewside, viewscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, lepidopterafamily, tortricidaegenus, pammenespecies, auranabinomial, name, fabricius, 1775, syn. Pammene aurana is a moth of the family Tortricidae Pammene auranaPammene aurana Dorsal viewSide viewScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily TortricidaeGenus PammeneSpecies P auranaBinomial namePammene aurana Fabricius 1775 SynonymsGrapholitha aurantiana Kollar 1832 Tinea bimaculella Thunberg amp Wenner 1794 Laspeyresia auranaab cuprea Obraztsov 1959 Pyralis fulvana Fabricius 1798 Tinea fulvella Fabricius 1794 Tortrix mediana Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 Laspeyresia auranaab obscurana Obraztsov 1959 Cydia aurana Fabricius 1 Contents 1 Distribution 2 Habitat 3 Description 4 Biology 5 References 6 External linksDistribution editThis species can be found in most of Europe and the Palearctic 2 To the east the distribution extends over southern Siberia the Alatau to the region Primorsky Krai in the Far East Habitat editThese moths occur in gardens forest clearings hedgerows woodland edges forest roads and roadsides 3 Description edit source source source source source source Video clipPammene aurana has a wingspan of 9 13 mm 4 These moths show chocolate brown or reddish brown forewings with yellow orange blotches They usually have two almost round yellow orange spots before the wing s outer edge and a large round or semicircular yellow orange marking in the middle at the wing s rear edge The fringes are dark brown The hind wings are dark Head thorax abdomen and antennae are brown to dark brown In the form Pammene aurana var aurantiana the various yellow orange markings flow together and only the wing base the costa and the outer edge are brown The caterpillars are whitish with a shiny black brown head They can reach a length of about 5 millimetres 0 20 in 5 Biology editAdults are on wing from June to August They are active in sunshine The feed on nectar of the common hogweed Heracleum sphondylium and of giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazziannum 6 There is one generation per year univoltine species The eggs are laid in the flowers of said plants The larvae live within a spinning of the seeds of these flowers and feed on them They hibernate from October in a silk cocoon under the ground and pupates the following year in spring inside that cocoon The moths hatch in June and July 4 7 References edit Smith Frank H N 1997 The Moths and Butterflies of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Wallingford Gem Publishing Company p 145 ISBN 0 906802 07 5 Fauna aurana Nature Spot a b UK Moths Lepiforum de in German Petr Pyek Hrsg Ecology and Management of Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazziannum CABI 2007 ISBN 978 1 84593 206 0 S 174 Lepidoptera of BelgiumExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pammene aurana Pammene aurana on microlepidoptera nl Waarneming nl in Dutch Commanster nbsp This Olethreutinae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pammene aurana amp oldid 1106866316, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
