| Broad-blotch drill | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Dichrorampha |
| Species: | D. alpinana |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichrorampha alpinana (Treitschke, in Ochsenheimer, 1830) [1] | |
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Dichrorampha alpinana, the broad-blotch drill, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in almost all of Europe.
The wingspan is 13–15 mm. [2] The forewings are rather dark fuscous, much mixed or almost wholly suffused with orange or bright ferruginous. The costa is posteriorly strigulated with whitish. There is a dull orange very oblique transverse median dorsal blotch, the edges nearly straight and two dark leaden -metallic very oblique streaks from costa posteriorly. There are three black dots on the middle of the termen, and a pale subapical dash. The hindwings are dark fuscous, lighter basally. The larva is yellow-whitish; head light brown;plate of 2 brownish-tinged. [3]
Adults are on wing from June to August. They are often on wing during the day.
The larvae feed on Leucanthemum vulgare , Chrysanthemum leucanthemum , Achillea millefolium and Tanacetum species. They feed on the roots of their host plant. [4]
