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 family Tortricidae. 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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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Bug Wood