Archips crataegana
| Archips crataegana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Archips |
| Species: | A crataegana |
| Binomial name | |
| Archips crataegana (Hubner, [1796-1799])[1] | |
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The Brown Oak Tortrix (Archips crataegana) is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of Europe[2] east to Japan.
Eggs
The wingspan is about 20 mm for males and about 25 mm for females. Adults are sexually dimorphic. They are on wing from June to August.[3]
The larvae feed on various deciduous trees, including Quercus, Ulmus, Fraxinus and Salix species. They feed in a tightly-rolled leaf. The species overwinters as an egg.[4]
Subspecies
- Archips crataeganus crataeganus
- Archips crataeganus endoi Yasuda, 1975 (South Korea, Japan, China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Sichuan)