Species Details

ABH: 49.362

BF: 1227

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Pammene giganteana

=Pammene inquilina

Authority: (Peyerimhoff, 1863)

Vernacular: Early Oak Gall Moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in woodland and on heaths throughout much of Britain, except in northern Scotland The comparatively long and narrow forewings are characteristic of this species [Bradley]. Larva feeds within bark of Oak, forming galls, over-wintering as a pupa in a cocoon.

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 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 Feb (2024) — 4 Apr (2023)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 37

Individuals: 263

Earliest Year: 2012

Latest Year: 2025

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