Epinotia cruciana

Epinotia cruciana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Section: Cossina
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species: E. cruciana
Binomial name
Epinotia cruciana
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena cruciana Linnaeus, 1761
  • Epinotia augustana (Hübner, 1811-13)
  • Epinotia direptana (Walker, 1863)
  • Epinotia vilisana (Walker, 1863)
  • Epinotia cockleana (Kearfott, 1904)
  • Epinotia alaskae Heinrich, 1923
  • Epinotia lepida Heinrich, 1924

The Willow Tortrix (Epinotia cruciana) is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Europe to Japan and North America.

The wingspan is 12-15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to early August.

The larvae feed on various sallows and willows, mainly Salix repens, on which the larva spins together the leaves of a terminal shoot and feeds within.

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