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Scientific name: Pammene aurana (Fabricius, 1775) Common name: French name: Tordeuse de la berce Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Microlepidoptera Family: Tortricidae Subfamily: Olethreutinae Wingspan: 9-13 mm. Biotope: You can observe larvae and imagos next to the host plant. Woodland edges, uncultivated areas. Geographic area: Europe and neighbouring regions of Asia. Flight time: June to August. Number of generations : 1 Caterpillar: The larva lives in a shelter made up with seeds of Heracleum sphondylium rolled together. It over winters from October inside a cocoon in the soil and will pupate at next spring. Host plant: Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium). |
Pammene aurana is a small microlepidoptera which shows two golden orange patches on the forewing over a brown or greyish brown ground colour. Most often you can observe Pammene aurana with its wings closed on the back. It shows then three golden patches. The first one is made by the merge of the patches located on the inner side of each forewing. The two other ones are located on each lateral side. The hind wings, the head, the body and the legs are greyish brown. The golden orange patches are variable in size and can be larger and merge. In extreme cases you can observe Pammene aurana with a greyish head and completely golden forewings. Pammene aurana is visible during the day on umbelliferae flowers. It can be attracted to light in the evening. |
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Pammene aurana is a tiny moth which may be hardly noticed among the numerous visitors of umbelliferae flowers in summer. |
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I have observed Pammene aurana at almost any location where the host plants grow. |
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Here is a moth with completely golden orange wings. |
André Bon August 2011