Pammene gallicana (Guenée, 1845)
Purple-shaded Piercer
49.3800 (B&F: 1271)
Synonym(s):
Pammene rufillana (Doubleday, [1849])
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Tortricoidea
»Family: Tortricidae
»Subfamily: Olethreutinae
»Tribe: Grapholitini
Nationally Scarce B
A resident species, rare in the West and undetected in the East since 1956. Single-brooded, flying mainly during July and August. Larvae feed on the seeds of wild carrot, wild parsnip, pepper saxifrage and wild angelica. (Pratt, 2011).
