Clepsis consimilana

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Clepsis consimilana
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Clepsis consimilana. Male
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Female
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Clepsis
Species:
C. consimilana
Binomial name
Clepsis consimilana
(Hübner, [1814-1817]) [1]

Clepsis consimilana, the privet tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.

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Synonyms

Distribution

This species is present from Europe to Asia Minor and Syria, it is also found in North Africa and the eastern United States. [2]

Description

Clepsis consimilana has a wingspan of 13–19 mm. The forewings are reddish-brown, with dark brown markings and two small dark spots on the hind edge. The females are more indistinctly marked on the forewings than the males. Hindwings are brownish grey. [3] [4] Larvae are violet green or violet grey, with pale brown head. [5]

Biology

Adults are on wing from June to September. They are active in afternoon and evening, and comes to light. [3] The larvae feed on various trees, including Ligustrum species. They apparently prefer dead leaves. Other recorded food plants include Syringa , Hedera , Lonicera , Polygonum , Malus , Carpinus , Crataegus and Cotoneaster species. Pupation occurs in the larval feeding place. In September usually a partial second generation takes place and in the third instar these moths hibernate. [6]

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References

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  2. Fauna europaea
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  4. Hants Moths
  5. "Eurasian Tortricidae". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  6. Lepidoptera of Belgium