Clavigesta sylvestrana

Last updated

Clavigesta sylvestrana
Die palaearktischen tortriciden. Eine monographische darstellung mit 24 tafeln in farbendruck, einer stammtafel und mehreren abbildungen im text. Mit einer unterstutzung des (20946112981).jpg
Clavigesta sylvestrana in Kennel Die palaearktischen tortriciden figures 45, 46, 47 females
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Clavigesta
Species:
C. sylvestrana
Binomial name
Clavigesta sylvestrana
(Curtis, 1850) [1]
Synonyms
  • Spilonota sylvestranaCurtis, 1850
  • Retinia pollinisMillire, 1874

Clavigesta sylvestrana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the western and north-western Baltic region, England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Madeira. [2]

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. The head and thorax are grey, whitish - sprinkled. The Forewings are narrow, dark fuscous white with numerous thick obscure leaden-metallic striae ; the straight edge of the basal patch and the vertical postmedian fascia are darker. The apical area is suffused with ferruginous. The hindwings are fuscous. The larva is dull reddish-brown ; head black ; plate of 2 dark brown : [3]

Adults are on wing in June and July. [4]

The larvae feed on Pinus pinaster , Pinus pinea , Pinus sylvestris , Abies alba and Picea abies . The feeding is confined to a zone usually between one and three meters above ground level.

Related Research Articles

<i>Archips xylosteana</i> Species of moth

Archips xylosteana, the variegated golden tortrix or brown oak tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.

<i>Aleimma loeflingiana</i> Species of moth

Aleimma loeflingiana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe and the Near East.

<i>Enarmonia formosana</i> Species of moth

Enarmonia formosana, the cherrybark tortrix or cherry-bark moth, is a small but colorful moth species of the family Tortricidae. It is native to all of northern and western Europe, ranging south to the Maghreb. North of the Alps its range extends eastwards to Siberia and Kazakhstan. Possibly and most likely introduced populations are found in Asia Minor and North America, respectively.

<i>Notocelia uddmanniana</i> Species of moth

Notocelia uddmanniana, the bramble shoot moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Western Europe and the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea all the way up to the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Iran and China.

<i>Notocelia rosaecolana</i> Species of moth

Notocelia rosaecolana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, where it has been recorded from China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, Iran, Central Asia, Russia and Europe.

<i>Spilonota ocellana</i> Bud moth

Spilonota ocellana, the bud moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, from North Africa and Europe to Iran, eastern Russia, China, Korea, and Japan. It is also present on Madeira and in North America.

<i>Acleris rhombana</i> Species of moth

Acleris rhombana, the rhomboid tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, from Europe to the Caucasus, Armenia, and Turkmenistan.

<i>Epinotia nanana</i> Species of moth

Epinotia nanana, the European spruce needleminer, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from northern and central Europe to Russia and Mongolia.

<i>Epinotia pygmaeana</i> Species of moth

Epinotia pygmaeana, the pygmy needle tortricid, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found across the Palearctic from northern and central Europe to eastern Russia.

<i>Apotomis semifasciana</i> Species of moth

Apotomis semifasciana, the short-barred grey marble, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by the English entomologist Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811.

<i>Exoteleia dodecella</i> Species of moth

Exoteleia dodecella, the pine bud moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is widely distributed from western Europe to Siberia. It is an introduced species in North America.

<i>Cochylis pallidana</i> Species of moth

Cochylis pallidana, the sheep's-bit conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Zeller in 1847.

<i>Clepsis persicana</i> Species of moth

Clepsis persicana, the white triangle tortrix or the green needleworm, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alaska and British Columbia to Newfoundland and south to Virginia and west to California. The habitat consists of coniferous and mixed coniferous forests.

<i>Epinotia nemorivaga</i> Species of moth

Epinotia nemorivaga, the bearberry bell, is a species of moth in the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe and Asia.

<i>Notocelia incarnatana</i> Species of moth

Notocelia incarnatana, the chalk rose bell, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China, Mongolia, Japan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Europe, where it has been recorded from most of the continent, except parts of the Balkan Peninsula.

<i>Ancylis obtusana</i> Species of moth

Ancylis obtusana, the small buckthorn roller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.

<i>Epinotia subocellana</i> Species of moth

Epinotia subocellana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Asia and Europe and was first described by Edward Donovan in 1806.

<i>Epinotia abbreviana</i> Species of moth

Epinotia abbreviana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe and was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794.

<i>Pammene ochsenheimeriana</i> Species of moth

Pammene ochsenheimeriana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Friederike Lienig and Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846.

Epinotia subsequana, also known as the dark spruce moth, is a species of moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. It was described by the English entomologist, Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811 and is native to Europe.

References

  1. Curtis, J. (1850): Notes upon the smaller British Moths, with descriptions of some nondescript or imperfectly characterized species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Second Series 5: 110-121. London (R. and J. E. Taylor).
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  4. UK Moths