Phalonidia affinitana

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Phalonidia affinitana
Phalonidia affinitana, Dyffryn, North Wales, August 2012 (19682505975).jpg
Phalonidia affinitana, Dyffryn, North Wales, August 2012
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Phalonidia
Species:
P. affinitana
Binomial name
Phalonidia affinitana
(Douglas, 1846) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cochylis affinitanaDouglas, 1846
  • Cochylis cancellanaZeller, 1847
  • Cochylis inulanaConstant, 1884
  • Cochylis taurianaKennel, 1899
  • Conchylis affinitana ab. moravicaZimmerman, 1926
  • Conchylis littoranaGalvagni, 1906
  • Phalonia affinitanaMeyrick, 1895

Phalonidia affinitana, the large saltmarsh conch or large saltmarsh bell, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae, the subfamily Tortricinae, and the tribe Cochylini. It is found in China (Liaoning, Tianjin, Xinjiang), Japan, Korea, Russia and most of Europe. [2] [3] Its habitat consists of salt marshes. [4]

Contents

Adults are on wing from June to August in western Europe. The larvae feed on the flowers of Aster tripolium . [5] Larvae can be found feeding on the flowers from July to August. In September, they bore down the flower stalk and stem to the rootstock. It overwinters in the roots and pupates in March, either in the roots or in debris. [6]

Description

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The forewings are elongate and the costa gently arched. The ground colour is light brownish-ochreous, submetallic and strigulated with fuscous. There is a slender straight brownish antemedian fascia parallel to the termen and interrupted beneath the costa and a dark fuscous dorsal dot or small spot before the tornus. The hindwings are grey. The larva is whitish, dorsally greyish - tinged; spiracular line faint, grey; head brown; plate of 2 black. [7]

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References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. A Brief Summary of Tribe Cochylini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)
  3. Fauna Europaea
  4. Hants Moths
  5. Phalonidia at funet
  6. UKmoths
  7. 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