Pammene spiniana

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1231 Pammene spiniana

(Duponchel, 1843)

Distribution Map

Using datasets:
BRERC April 2013: Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre
Suffolk Biological Records Centre (SBRC) dataset: Suffolk Biological Records Centre
WBRC Species data for Worcestershire collated by species group: Worcestershire Biological Records Centre
SER Species-based Surveys: Staffordshire Ecological Record
Species Recorded in Somerset: Somerset Environmental Records Centre
Shropshire Ecological Data Network Database: Shropshire Ecological Data Network
Lepidoptera species distribution dataset from 1981 to 2008 for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly: Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

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1231 Pammene spiniana

(Duponchel, 1843)

Wingspan c. 11mm.

Occurring mainly in the southern counties of England, this species is on the wing in August and September.

It inhabits woodland margins, hedgerows and scrubland, and is mainly day-flying, especially on sunny days. The adults have a distinctive white dorsal blotch.

The larva feeds on blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) and hawthorn (Crataegus), feeding on and spinning together flowers.

References:

Heath, J., Emmet, A.M. (Ed.) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 7, Part 2 (1992)
Bradley, J.D. Checklist of Lepidoptera Recorded from The British Isles, Second Edition (Revised) (2000)
Bradley, J.D., Tremewan, W.G., Smith, A British Tortricoid Moths - Volume 2 (1979)

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