Epinotia trigonella

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Epinotia trigonella
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Epinotia trigonella Moscow Oblast
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species:
E. trigonella
Binomial name
Epinotia trigonella
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Tinea) trigonellaLinnaeus, 1758
  • Phalaena bimaculanaDonovan, [1808]
  • Grapholitha biscutanaWocke, 1862
  • Paedsica cervanaEversmann, 1844
  • Paedisca dissimilanaTreitschke, 1835
  • Teras indecoranaZetterstedt, 1839
  • Eucosma petalonotaMeyrick, 1937
  • Phalaena (Tortrix) similanaHubner, 1793
  • Tortrix straemianaHaworth, [1811]
  • Pyralis stroemianaFabricius, 1781

Epinotia trigonella, the birch epinotia moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern Palearctic realm. It is also found in North America.

The wingspan is 16–21 mm. [3] Adults are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on Betula species. They feed between folded or spun leaves of their host plant.

References

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