Dichrorampha plumbagana

Dichrorampha plumbagana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Dichrorampha
Species:	D. plumbagana
Binomial name
Dichrorampha plumbagana (Treitschke, 1830)

Dichrorampha plumbagana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae first described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1830.[1]

It is native to Europe.[2]

The wingspan is 12-14mm. The forewing fold reaches 2/5. The ground colour is dark fuscous, sharply irrorated with pale ochreous, slightly greenish-tinged. The costa is posteriorly strigulated with silvery-whitish. Some streaks from costa posteriorly and margins of ocellus are bright silvery-leaden-metallic. There is an obscure leaden metallic dorsal blotch with a darker central streak, narrowed upwards, contracted beneath a truncate apex and three black dots on the termen towards middle. The termen is oblique, the sinuation distinct. The hindwings are grey, paler towards base. The larva is yellowish-white; head light brown; plate of 2 very pale brown.[3]

The larvae develop on the roots and the lower part of the stem of yarrow Achillea millefolium. The adults fly in June.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichrorampha plumbagana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
2. "Dichrorampha plumbagana (Treitschke, 1830)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description