Epinotia nisella

Epinotia nisella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species: E. nisella
Binomial name
Epinotia nisella
(Clerck, 1759)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena nisella Clerck, 1759
  • Epiblema nisella ab. albodecorana Krulikowsky, 1908
  • Tortrix anana Schrank, 1802
  • Pyralis boeberana Fabricius, 1787
  • Eucosma nisella ab. brunneana Dufrane, 1930
  • Steganoptycha cinerana Stephens, 1829
  • Tortrix cinereana Haworth, [1811]
  • Tortrix cuspidana Haworth, [1811]
  • Tortrix decorana Hubner, [1818-1819]
  • Epiblema nisella ab. dorsimaculana Klemensiewicz, 1906
  • Epiblema nisella ab. fulminana Krulikowsky, 1908
  • Tortrix lepidana Frolich, 1828
  • Grapholitha nisana Guenee, 1845
  • Phalaena pavonana Donovan, [1793]
  • Tortrix petrana Hubner, [1811-1813]
  • Tortrix rhombifasciana Haworth, [1811]
  • Tortrix rubiana Haworth, [1811]
  • Tortrix siliceana Hubner, [1811-1813]
  • Tortrix stictana Haworth, [1811]

Epinotia nisella is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, Portugal, Ukraine and the central part of the Balkan Peninsula), east to the Near East and the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone. It is also found in North America, including Massachusetts and Minnesota in the United States. In Canada, it is found from Newfoundland to British Columbia.

The wingspan is about 12-17 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on the catkins of various trees, including Salix, Alnus and Populus species. The larvae feed within the buds and then on the capsules before consuming the developing leaves.

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