Epinotia cruciana | |
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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) |
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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.