Epiblema costipunctana
Epiblema costipunctana | |
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Male genitalia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Epiblema |
Species: | E. costipunctana
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Binomial name | |
Epiblema costipunctana (Haworth, 1811)
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Epiblema costipunctana is a species of moth belonging to the family Tortricidae.[1] It is native to Europe.[1]
The wingspan is 13-18mm.The forewings are fuscous, sometimes ochreous- tinged, irregularly marked with black.The costa is strigulated with black and white .Three streaks from costa and the margins of ocellus are leaden - metallic. The sharply angulated edge of basal patch and the central fascia are darker and separated by a somewhat pentagonal white dorsal blotch more or less strigulated with blackish. There is a suffused blackish spot before apex. The hindwings are fuscous, in male basally whitish, with terminal and broader dorsal blackish fascia, in female posteriorly darker fuscous. The larva is pinkish-white, sharply ringed with white ; spots red ; head brown ; plate of 2 whitish or grey, posterior edge blackish.[2]
The moths fly from May to July and again from late July to September. The larvae feed on Senecio jacobaea.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Epiblema costipunctana (Haworth, 1811)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description