49.379 BF1272 - Tortricidae - Olethreutinae - Pammene aurana - Double Orange-spot

49.379 BF1272 - Tortricidae - Olethreutinae - Pammene aurana - Double Orange-spot - (Fabricius, 1775)

Adult Micro: CAT 1 - Distinctive Species -

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- Generally Common / Widespread - Day-flying

Taxonomy: Micro >> . >> Tortricidae

Other Name/s: Orange-spot Piercer
Cydia aurana

ID Difficulty: green

- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.

ID pointers: Chocolate brown forewing with bright orange blotches – one half way along the dorsum and one at the apex, gives this moth a distinctive appearance.

Distribution: Widespread with many records to 2024

Flight Period: June / July / - Flies in the afternoon June-July, one flowers of Hogweed

*** Last updated on 30 March 2025 by TD ***

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Wingspan: 9-13mm

Food Plant: Hogweed

Recorded dates for Common [Blue-coded ] moths are not stored on the website at this current time.

IMAGES BELOW:

Pammene aurana – 21st June 2020 -Birch Vale – Jane Hewitt

Pammene aurana – Wyver Lane, 29th May 2024 -Belper – Dave Evans

Pammene aurana – 7th June 2023 – Wyver Lane, Belper – Dave Evans

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