Epinotia tetraquetrana

Epinotia tetraquetrana

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Epinotia
Species:	E. tetraquetrana
Binomial name
*Epinotia tetraquetrana* (Haworth, [1811])^[1]
Synonyms
Tortrix tetraquetrana Haworth, [1811] Tortrix angulana Haworth, [1811] Eucosma tetraquetrana f. deficiens Dufrane, 1957 Phlaeodes frutelata Desmarest, in Chenu, 1857 Tortrix frutetana Hubner, [1823-1824] Tortrix hypoleucana Frolich, 1828 Steganoptycha tetraquetrana kurilensis Kuznetzov, 1969 Epiblema tetraquetranum ab. ochreana Hauder, 1918 Epiblema tetraquetranum f. opacana Hauder, 1918 Eucosma tetraquetrana f. rufa Dufrane, 1957 Tortrix triquetrana Haworth, [1811] Paedisca tetraquetrana f. umbratana Strand, 1901

The Square-barred Bell (Epinotia tetraquetrana) is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from most of Europe east to the Near East and the eastern part of Palearctic ecozone.^[2]

The wingspan is 12-16 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May.^[3]

The young larvae bore into the stem of Betula and Alnus species. Later, they feed within a folded leaf.

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