Aethes rubigana

Aethes rubigana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aethes
Species: A. rubigana
Binomial name
Aethes rubigana
(Treitschke, 1830)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix rubigana Treitschke, 1830
  • Tortrix badiana Hubner, [1796-1799]
  • Cochylis rubigana var. obscurana Chretien, 1893
  • Aethes rubidana Kuznetzov, in Falkovitsh & Medvedev, 1989

The Burdock Conch (Aethes rubigana) is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula and part of the Balkan Peninsula.[2] Outside of Europe, it is found in China (Beijing, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia), Japan and Russia.[3]

The wingspan is 15–19 mm. Adults are on wing from late June to August in western Europe.[4]

The larvae feed on the seedheads Arctium species (including Arctium lappa and possibly Arctium minus). Full-grown larvae overwinter from October in a cocoon on the ground or occasionally in the seedhead. Pupation takes place within this cocoon.[5]

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