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Orange-spot Piercer

Pammene aurana

LEPIDOPTERA | Tortricoidea

Tortricidae (Tortricid Leafroller Moths) > Olethreutinae > Grapholitini


Checklist ref. 49.379

Designation: 'micro-moth'

Status: common and widespread across England and Wales, local in Scotland

Typical habitat: open woodland, hedgerows, grassland

Larval foodplant:           in spun seeds of Hogweed

Flight behaviour: flies in sunshine and to light

Flight season: May - August

Orange-spot Piercer

Cashmoor Down, East Dorset | June 21

Orange-spot Piercer

Orange-spot Piercer

Orange-spot Piercer

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