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Epiblema costipunctana

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Epiblema costipunctana
Male genitalia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epiblema
Species:
E. costipunctana
Binomial name
Epiblema costipunctana
(Haworth, 1811)

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

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  1. ^ a b "Epiblema costipunctana (Haworth, 1811)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
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