Lobesia fuligana

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Lobesia fuligana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Lobesia
Species:
L. fuligana
Binomial name
Lobesia fuligana
(Haworth, 1811)
Synonyms [1]
  • Lobesia abscisana(Doubleday, 1849)

Lobesia fuligana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811. [2] It is found in Europe.

The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish, strigulated with dark fuscous.The basal patch, the central fascia, and a terminal fascia which is narrowed to the tornus are dark brown. The hindwings are grey. The larva is blue-green; head and plate of 2 yellowish-brown: [3]

This species is bivoltine flying in two generations in May and again in July–August. They are active at dusk.

The larva lives in spun shoots on: Echium vulgare , Anchusa officinalis , Artemesia and Cirsium arvense . Pupation takes places in a cocoon, spun amongst surface litter.

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Lobesia fuligana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Lobesia fuligana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  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
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