49.360 Pammene splendidulana (Shining Oak Tortrix)
ws: 10-12mm (MBGBI5.2), fw: 4.5-5.5mm (Sterling & Parsons); Apr-Jun; oak (Quercus); common in oak woods throughout GB
Pammene splendidulana §1 male
ID: basically brownish (irrorate) with whitish-yellow-tipped scales on the head and forewing, especially in the apical half; indistinct silvery-metallic subbasal fascia in which the scales lack the irroration; medio-dorsal blotch in which the scales are more extensively whitish; indistinct silvery-metallic tornal spot in which the scales lack irroration, bordered costally by a distinctive C-shaped black mark (ocellus). Whitish costal strigulae, some of which are extended by a silvery striae towards the medio-dorsal blotch, ocellus and termen. Hindwing whitish, broadly suffused fuscous along termen; darker in female.
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
§1 Bernwood Forest, Oxfordshire; 18/04/2018; male; fw 5.3mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 20/04/2018 (§1) - dissection images added 03/06/2018
