Species Details

ABH: 49.376

BF: 1233

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Pammene aurita

=Pammene aurantiana

Authority: Razowski, 1991

Vernacular: Tawny Sycamore Piercer

Account: Local in parks, gardens and woodland throughout much of England and Wales, spreading into southern Scotland The ferruginous-orange general coloration and the large pale medio-dorsal blotch are characteristic [Bradley]. The moth comes readily to light. Larva feeds within seeds of Sycamore.

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: 14 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Jun (2011) — 20 Aug (2015)

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

Foodplant: Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

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

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 49

Individuals: 20

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2025

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