Dichrorampha alpinana

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Dichrorampha alpinana
Dichrorampha alpinana, Wrexham Industrial Estate, North Wales, July 2009 (19496233559).jpg
Dichrorampha alpinana, Wolverhampton, 2013 (19656685756).jpg
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Dichrorampha
Species:
D. alpinana
Binomial name
Dichrorampha alpinana
(Treitschke, in Ochsenheimer, 1830) [1]
Synonyms
  • Grapholitha alpinanaTreitschke, in Ochsenheimer, 1830
  • Dichrorampha novickiiPrffer, 1923
  • Dichrorampha alpinana var. quaestionanaZeller, 1878
  • Dichrorampha questionanaDrenowski, 1910

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]

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References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  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. ↑ UKmoths


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