Irish moths

Pammene giganteana

Family: Tortricidae        Sub-family: Olethreutinae

1227     *     Pammene giganteana

Specimen identified by Ken Bond, first Irish record

Wingspan: c. 15mm

Flight time: March-May. Sometimes day-flying
Habitat:

Larvae feed inside oak-apple and other Hymenoptera galls on Oak



Pammene giganteana


Pammene giganteana

Pammene giganteana
Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. April 2011

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