49.360 BF1223  –  Tortricidae –  Olethreutinae – Pammene splendidulana – Shining Oak Tortrix – (Guenée, 1845) Adult Micro:  CAT 2 – Confusion Species –       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
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Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Tortricidae  >> Olethreutinae
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Other Name/s: Drab Oak Piercer
ID Difficulty:  green  – easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
ID pointers: A ground colour of brown and ochre and quite distinctive with silvery-leaden shining patches and two dark spots towards the apex. The wings have a scaled effect caused by pale edges to the forewing scales.
Distribution:  (Last record: 1928 )  –  Nationally Scarce B – Only records from Harrison & Sterling – last recorded from Repton Shrubs April 1928 – No further records.
Flight Period: April /  May /  June /  –  Flying in April-June in late afternoon into the evening Moth Activity: Cathemeral  Photographed: No –  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 10-12mm
Food Plant: Oak
Last Recorded Year: 1928
Last Recorded By – Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area – Not Recorded

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Distribution Map for Pammene splendidulana

Found 1 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 1 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Pammene splendidulana

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Pammene splendidulana
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
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Monthly Counts By Year: Pammene splendidulana
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Pammene splendidulana
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Pammene splendidulana
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Pammene splendidulana
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
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Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
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Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Pammene splendidulana
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Pammene splendidulana
( data includes Adult Stage only )

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Pammene splendidulana – 1 records available

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Site NameTetradDateCountStageSource
The Meads, Shipley Park, HeanorSK44H13/07/20191adultDanes_2019-2021

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