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] [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

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  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