Pammenemima ochropa

Pammenemima ochropa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Pammenemima
Species:	P. ochropa
Binomial name
	Pammenemima ochropa; (Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
	Lipoptycha ochropa Meyrick, 1905; Laspeyresia ochropa Meyrick, 1907; Laspeyresia dissios Meyrick, 1907;

Pammenemima ochropa is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka[2] and its Barberyn Island.

The wingspan of the female is 9.5 mm. Its head is fuscous. Thorax, forehead and face whitish ochreous. Antenna dark fuscous. Palpus white. Abdomen pale grey fuscous with silvery-white venter. Forewing deep fuscous purple. They are oblong subtruncate, moderately broad with curved costa. Apex rounded. Costa from beyond base to before middle with three black oblique short streaks, alternating with four light grey marks. A large black median spot present. Costa suffused black grey beyond base to apex which contain three pale grey oblique marks before middle, and four silvery-white metallic crescent-shaped marks along about three-fourth of the costa. There are two faint small pale marks runs before apex. Fourth white costal mark emitting a second blue line. Cilia glossy light fuscous grey, with strong prismatic reflections. Hindwings fuscous purplish. Cilia light fuscous grey, with a purplish base and a faint paler submedian band.[3]

Its larval host plant is Desmodium.

References

"Species Details: Pammenemima ochropa Meyrick, 1905". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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[1] "Species Details: Pammenemima ochropa Meyrick, 1905". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

[2] Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.

[3] Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.