Epinotia nemorivaga

Epinotia nemorivaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species: E. nemorivaga
Binomial name
Epinotia nemorivaga
(Tengstrom, 1848)[1]
Synonyms
  • Coccyx nemorivaga Tengstrom, 1848
  • Grapholitha (Paedisca) finimitana Lederer, 1859
  • Coccyx finitimana Doubleday, 1859
  • Coccyx finitimana Stephens, 1852
  • Coccyx nemorivagana Jones, 1884
  • rhododendrana Herrich-Schaffer, 1847
  • Tortrix (Steganoptycha) rhododendrana Herrich-Schaffer, 1851
  • Epinotia rhododendronana Hartig, 1960

Epinotia nemorivaga, the Bearberry Bell, is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Europe (from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy and from Ireland to Poland)[2] and China (Henan, Sichuan, Guixhou, Shaanxi).[3]

The wingspan is 10–12 mm.[4] Adults are on wing in June and July in western Europe.[5]

The larvae feed on Arctostaphylos alpinus and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. The larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a corridor. Later, the larvae leaves the corridor and start making a large full-depth blotch. The larva leaves the blotch and moves to a new leaf, connecting both leaves with silk. The larvae are dull grey-green with a shining black head. They can be found from September to May.[6]

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