Epiblema costipunctana

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Epiblema costipunctana
Epiblema costipunctana, Marford Quarry, North Wales, June 2010 (19675701812).jpg
Epiblema costipunctana, Deeside, North Wales, June 2015 (19685210472).jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epiblema
Species:
E. costipunctana
Binomial name
Epiblema costipunctana
(Haworth, 1811)

Epiblema costipunctana is a species of moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. [1] It is native to Europe. [1]

The wingspan is 13-18mm.The forewings are fuscous, sometimes ochreous- tinged, irregularly marked with black.The costa is strigulated with black and white .Three streaks from costa and the margins of ocellus are leaden - metallic. The sharply angulated edge of basal patch and the central fascia are darker and separated by a somewhat pentagonal white dorsal blotch more or less strigulated with blackish. There is a suffused blackish spot before apex. The hindwings are fuscous, in male basally whitish, with terminal and broader dorsal blackish fascia, in female posteriorly darker fuscous. The larva is pinkish-white, sharply ringed with white ; spots red ; head brown ; plate of 2 whitish or grey, posterior edge blackish. [2]

The moths fly from May to July and again from late July to September. The larvae feed on Senecio jacobaea .

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References

  1. 1 2 "Epiblema costipunctana (Haworth, 1811)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
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