Epinotia ramella

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Epinotia ramella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species:
E. ramella
Binomial name
Epinotia ramella
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Tinea) ramellaLinnaeus, 1758
  • Grapholitha costanaDuponchel, in Godart, 1836
  • Anchylopera fimbrianaStephens, 1829
  • Tortrix paykullianaFabricius, 1787
  • Tortrix ramanaFrolich, 1828
  • Tortrix sesquilunanaHaworth, [1811]

Epinotia ramella is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, China (Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia), Japan, Russia and Kazakhstan. [2]

Contents

The wingspan is 13–16 millimetres (0.51–0.63 in). The forewings are ochreous-white, with some black scales towards base. The is costa greyish-tinged, strigulated with black. There is a triangular black spot mixed with grey on dorsum before middle, and another less defined on the tornus. The central fascia is ill-marked and pale ochreous grey. The apex is suffused with dark grey , the ocellus edged with leaden metallic.Sometimes the dorsal 3/5 of the forewing wholly suffused with blackish-grey. The hindwings are grey. [3]

Biology

The moth flies from June to November in Europe.

The larvae mainly feed on the catkins of birch and willow.

Habitat

Epinotia ramella is found Europe, it lives in well wooded areas that contain the larval food plants. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tortricid.net - GENUS". www.tortricidae.com.
  2. ↑ "Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)" (PDF).
  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. ↑ "Epinotia ramella - NatureSpot". www.naturespot.org.uk.


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