Epinotia cruciana

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Epinotia cruciana
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A live individual
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Mounted specimen
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species:
E. cruciana
Binomial name
Epinotia cruciana
(Linnaeus, 1761) [1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena crucianaLinnaeus, 1761
  • Tortrix augustana (Hübner, 1811-13)
  • Sciaphila vilisanaWalker, 1863
  • Enarmonia cockleana (Kearfott, 1904)
  • Epinotia cruciana lepidaHeinrich, 1924
  • Epinotia cruciana alaskaeHeinrich, 1923
  • Pamplusia alticolanaStephens, 1852
  • Hypermecia angustanaDesmarest, 1857
  • Tortrix brunneanaFrolich, 1828
  • Sciaphila direptanaWalker, 1863
  • Hypermecia excaecanaStephens, 1852
  • excoecanaHerrich-Schaffer, 1849
  • Tortrix (Grapholitha) excoecanaHerrich-Schaffer, 1851
  • Epinotia cruciana ab. gradliRebel, 1929
  • Tortrix gyllenhahlianaThunberg & Borgstrm, 1784
  • Hypermecia viminanaGuenee, 1845

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Epinotia cruciana, the willow tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.

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Description

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. This moth has a characteristic wing pattern, with a pale brown ground colour and dark brown markings of the forewings, resembling a cross (hence the Latin name cruciana of the species). [3]

Adults are on wing from June to early August. [3]

The larvae feed on various sallows and willows, mainly Salix repens , on which the larva spins together the leaves of a terminal shoot and feeds within. [3]

Distribution

This species can be found from Europe to Japan and in North America. [4]

References

  1. Tortricidae.com
  2. Funet
  3. 1 2 3 UKmoths
  4. "Fauna Europaea". Archived from the original on 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2014-10-04.