Species Details

ABH: 49.363

BF: 1228

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Pammene argyrana

Authority: (Hübner, [1799])

Vernacular: Oak Gall Moth

Account: Local in oak woodland throughout much of the British Isles. In south Hampshire, reasonably common in the New Forest and at Botley Wood, with scattered records elsewhere and in the north of the county, where its stronghold is in Pamber Forest; very rare on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 10-13 mm. Distinguished from P. giganteana by its smaller size, the broader and subquadrate medio-dorsal blotch and in the male by the heavy, sharply demarcated blackish brown border of the hindwing [Bradley]. Larva feeds within the bark of Oak, forming galls.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 10 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 27 Mar (2022) — 10 Jun (2015)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/pammene-argyrana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 29

Individuals: 9

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2024

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