Photo © Mike Wall

Pammene agnotana

Checklist Number
49.369 [B&F: 1226]

Verification
Record requires retention of specimen until confirmed, and may require dissection. Consult with CMR if unsure

Classification

Family:Tortricidae
Subfamily:Olethreutinae
Genus:Pammene
Species:agnotana
Authority:Rebel, 1914

Endangered (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) and known from a solitary male taken in woodland at Newlands Corner, Surrey on 15 April 1961, with further specimens taken in Dorset in 2007 and Norfolk in 2011. In our area, a female was taken by day at Hilsea Lines, Portsmouth on 18 May 2013 (John Langmaid, Mark and Jenny Young). Wingspan 10-11 mm. Smaller than P. obscurana and further distinguished by the dorsal blotch of ground colour on the forewing being situated slightly before the middle, the more obscure plumbeous striae and the obsolescent ocellus [Bradley]. Larva feeds within damaged bark of Hawthorn.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
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VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Hilsea Lines, Portsmouth (SU60)18/05/2013oneJ R Langmaid, M R, J E YoungAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Hawley Meadows (SU85)17/04/2022oneBen DaleAdult
Minley Wood (SU85)18/04/202216Ben DaleAdult
Minley Wood (SU85)08/05/2022oneBen DaleAdult