Phtheochroa pulvillana
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| Phtheochroa pulvillana in Kennel Die palaearktischen tortriciden figure 26 female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Phtheochroa |
| Species: | P. pulvillana
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| Phtheochroa pulvillana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)[1]
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Phtheochroa pulvillana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Europe (where it has been recorded from Germany, Poland, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, North Macedonia and Ukraine)[2] to south-eastern Russia, Transcaucasia and Iran.[3]
The wingspan is 16–21 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to July in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Asparagus officinalis. They feed in the stem of their host plant. The species overwinters in the larval stage.[4]
References
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- ^ tortricidae.com
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Alipanah, Helen, 2009: Synopsis of the Cochylini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Cochylini) of Iran, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2245: 1-31.
- ^ Bug Wood