Pammene populana, the pygmy piercer, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae.

It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.

[1] The habitat consists of woodland, marshes, riverbanks, fens and sand dunes.

[3] Adults have a yellowish blotch on the dorsum with a darker central spot.

Meyrick describes it - Forewings dark fuscous, costa posteriorly strigulated with whitish; a triangular ochreous-white median dorsal blotch, apex somewhat bent posteriorly, including a small triangular dark fuscous dorsal spot; three streaks from costa and margins of ocellus leaden-metallic.