Dichrorampha plumbagana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae first described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1830.
It is native to Europe.
The wingspan is 12-14mm. The forewing fold reaches 2/5. The ground colour is dark fuscous, sharply irrorated with pale ochreous, slightly greenish-tinged. The costa is posteriorly strigulated with silvery-whitish. Some streaks from costa posteriorly and margins of ocellus are bright silvery-leaden-metallic. There is an obscure leaden metallic dorsal blotch with a darker central streak, narrowed upwards, contracted beneath a truncate apex and three black dots on the termen towards middle. The termen is oblique, the sinuation distinct. The hindwings are grey, paler towards base. The larva is yellowish-white; head light brown; plate of 2 very pale brown.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description
The larvae develop on the roots and the lower part of the stem of yarrow Achillea millefolium. The adults fly in June.
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