Epinotia cruciana
Appearance
Epinotia cruciana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Epinotia |
Species: | E. cruciana
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Binomial name | |
Epinotia cruciana | |
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Epinotia cruciana, the willow tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 12–15 mm. This moth has a characteristic wing pattern, with a pale brown ground colour and dark brown markings of the forewings, resembling a cross (hence the Latin name cruciana of the species).[3]
Adults are on wing from June to early August.[3]
The larvae feed on various sallows and willows, mainly Salix repens, on which the larva spins together the leaves of a terminal shoot and feeds within.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species can be found from Europe to Japan and in North America.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Tortricidae.com
- ^ Funet
- ^ a b c UKmoths
- ^ "Fauna Europaea". Archived from the original on 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
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