Dichrorampha plumbana
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| Dichrorampha plumbana | |
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| Dichrorampha plumbana, Caen y coed, North Wales, May 2010 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Dichrorampha |
| Species: | D. plumbana |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichrorampha plumbana (Scopoli, 1763) | |
Dichrorampha plumbana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763.[1] It is native to the Palearctic including Europe.[2]
The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, sharply irrorated with pale ochreous, costa obscurely spotted with dark fuscous and whitish; anterior half obscurely striated or suffused with greyish, forming a slightly paler subtriangular median dorsal blotch; some streaks from costa posteriorly and margins of ocellus leaden-metallic; from three to five black dots on termen; termen rather oblique, sinuation distinct. Hindwings fuscous or dark fuscous. The larva is yellowish- white; head yellow -brownish; plate of 2 ochreous.[3]
The larva develops on the roots of yarrow Achillea millefolium and Leucanthemum vulgare,. The adults fly during the day and into the evening in May–June.
