Eulia ministrana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Eulia |
Species: | E. ministrana |
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Eulia ministrana | |
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Eulia ministrana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.
The wingspan is 18–24 mm. The head is dark fuscous. The thorax is ferruginous-ochreous, with a large crest. The forewings are narrowed anteriorly and pale ochreous. The base of costa, a more or less developed very large triangular often pale-centred dorsal suffusion, and the terminal streak are all deep ferruginous. The cilia are dark ferruginous-fuscous. The hindwings are grey, the termen darker. The larva is light green head brown. [2]
Adults are on wing from May to June. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on various shrubs and trees including Betula pendula , Rhamnus cathartica , Corylus avellana and Castanea sativa .